Variations under genetical control of onchocercian infection according to clinical characteristics in endemic foyers of Cameroon;Variations sous contrôle génétique de l'infection onchocerquienne en fonction du profil clinique dans les foyers endémiques du Cameroun

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 85-90

  Donfack, J ^a   Ngu, J L ^a   Lando, G ^a   Zimmerman, P A ^b   Nutman, J ^b   Same Ekobo, A ^c  

^a Fac Med et des Sci Biomedicales   (Cameroon)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Yaounde   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Central Africa; Endemic; Genetic; HLA; Onchocerciasis; PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DQA1 ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ONCHOCERCIASIS;

ALLELES; CAMEROON; DNA; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HUMANS; ONCHOCERCIASIS;

EID: 0033129011     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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