HLA Associations in P. falciparum Malaria Patients from Mumbai, Western India

Indian Journal of Malariology

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 76-82

  Shankarkumar, U ^a   Devaraj, J P ^a   Ghosh, K ^a   Karnad, D ^a   Anand, K ^a   Mohanty, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOHAEMATOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

HLA; Mumbai; P. falciparum malaria

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; MALARIA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; INDIA; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0344444150     PISSN: 03678326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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