HLA-DQA1 and tuberculosis: HLA-A, DQA1, DQB1, DRB1, and TAP2 genes have previously been linked to TB susceptibility through TB candidate gene and GWAS analysis (Thu et al., 2016; Kinnear et al., 2017; Stein et al., 2017; Sveinbjornsson et al., 2016; Zhang et al., 2021).