Population Questionnaire

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1. Contact information

Contact information

Institution providing the sample

Name of the Institution:

Acronym of the Institution:

Contact person (e.g. principal investigator)

Name:

Telephone number (with international prefix):

E-mail address:

Postal address:

2. Sample description

Sample description

2.1 Type of study

Field study in a well-defined population?
Yes No

If No, please indicate which type of sample:

If Other, please specify:

Date of sampling

Is the information on relatedness available?
Yes No

2.2 Name of the population and any alternative names known

Main name:

Other possible name(s):

Other specific characterization that would help to differentiate this population to any other:
E.g. specific cultural trait like endogamy, specific religion, isolated location, etc…

2.3 Geographic location of the population:

Sample and population can have different locations (e.g. `Chinese` living in USA)

2.3.1 Sample:

Name of country:

Name of region(s):

Name of town(s) or village(s):

Geographic coordinates :

We’ll do our best to geolocalise your location automagically (a map will appear bellow as soon as you complete the fields above), but you can manually set the geographical coordinates if you wish.

Disable automatic geocoding and set your own GPS coordinates :

Latitude (in decimals, positive or negative):

Longitude (in decimals, positive or negative):

Altitude (in meters) / environment (if relevant):

Please attach a map if possible:

2.3.2 Population:

Is the location of the population the same as the location of the sample?
Yes No

Name of country:

Name of region(s):

Name of town(s) or village(s):

Geographic coordinates :

We’ll do our best to geolocalise your location automagically (a map will appear bellow as soon as you complete the fields above), but you can manually set the geographical coordinates if you wish.

Disable automatic geocoding and set your own GPS coordinates:

Latitude (in decimals, positive or negative):

Longitude (in decimals, positive or negative):

Altitude (in meters) / environment (if relevant):

Please attach a map if possible.

2.3.4 Other relevant information

Other relevant information:

2.4 Language spoken by the population

Tip: The language field will autocomplete, but if the language is missing, please use the Ethnologue: Languages of the World.

Most specific language name(s):

Linguistic family:

2.5 Other useful information about the general population

E.g. specific disease(s),demographic information, social structure, religion(s), etc (add pages if necessary)

Useful bibliographic references:

3. Ethics

4. Typings

Typings

4.1 Origin of DNA

Origin of DNA:

If other, please specify:

4.2 Loci typed and methodology (1)

Please fill in the fields and then press Add locus if needed.

Locus #1

a) Locus typed:

If Other, please specify:

b) Method:

For SSO or SBT specify exon(s) typed

c) Platform:

d) Software:

e) Kit:

f) Resolution Level:

Tip: How to choose a resolution level (expands below).

g) Start:

h) End:

i) Reference date or IMGT/HLA-database version used to assign HLA Types:

j) Number of individuals typed for the locus:

k) Comment:

Add a new locus

5. Data file

Upload your data file

Preferentially the data file should be a validated UNIFORMAT file, other formats will require more time to be validated.

Data file:
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6. Comments & submission

Comments and submission

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This questionnaire is one achievement of the AHPD project of the 16th IHIW (Liverpool 2012) and of the EU-funded COST Action BM0803 HLA-NET.

Reference

Sanchez-Mazas, A. Vidan-Jeras, B., Nunes, J.M., Fischer, G., Little, A.-M., Bekmane, U., Buhler, S.., Buus, S., Claas, F., Dormoy, A., Dubois, V., Eglite, E., Eliaou, J.-F., Gonzalez-Galarza, F., Grubic, Z., Ivanova, M., Lie, B., Ligeiro, D., Lokki, M.L., Martins da Silva, B., Martorell, J., Mendonça, D., Middleton, D., Papaioannous Voniatis, D., Papasteriades, C., Poli, F., Riccio, M.E., Spyropoulou Vlachou, M., Sulcebe, G., Tonks, S., Toungouz Nevessignsky, M., Vangenot, C., van Walraven, A.-M. & Tiercy, J.-M (2012). Strategies to work with HLA data in human populations for histocompatibility, clinical transplantation, epidemiology and population genetics: HLA-NET methodological recommendations. Int. J. Immunogenetics 39(6) 459–476.

Population Questionnaire