Quantification of the relative contribution of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and non-MHC genes to human immune responses to foreign antigens

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 872-876

  Jepson, Annette ^a,c   Banya, Winston ^a   Sisay Joof, Fatoumatta ^a   Hassan King, Musa ^a   Nunes, Clara ^a   Bennett, Steve ^b   Whittle, Hilton ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 5; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0031035565     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.3.872-876.1997     Document Type: Article

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