Our cohort comprised 48 individuals who had recovered from COVID-19 (Supplementary Data 1), with 30 (66.7% of 45) being HLA-DPB1*04:01 positive; and 17 (36.2% of 47) carrying HLA-DRB1*15:01 (Fig. 1b). The gene discussed is HLA-DRB1; the disease is COVID-19.