Mismatched human leukocyte antigen alleles protect against heterosexual HIV transmission

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 277-280

  Lockett, Sarah F ^a   Robertson, J Roy ^a   Brettle, Ray P ^b   Yap, Peng Lee ^c   Middleton, Derek ^d   Brown, Andrew J Leigh ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH NATIONAL BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^d BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterozygosity; HIV; Major histocompatibility complex; Sexual transmission

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DR5 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS RESISTANCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0035394093     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126334-200107010-00010     Document Type: Article

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