HLA class-I and class-II allele frequencies and two-locus haplotypes in Melanesians of Vanuatu and New Caledonia

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 678-686

  Maitland, Kathryn ^a,b,e   Bunce, M ^c   Harding, R M ^a   Barnardo, M C N M ^c   Clegg, J B ^a   Welsh, K ^c   Bowden, D K ^d   Williams, T N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

HLA; Human evolution; Malaria; Melanesia

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RISK; HAPLOTYPE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALARIA; NEW CALEDONIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VANUATU;

EID: 10344261523     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2004.00328.x     Document Type: Article

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