Major histocompatibility complex class II (HLA-DRB and -DQB) allele frequencies in Botswana: Association with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1020-1028

  Ndung'U, Thumbi ^a,b   Gaseitsiwe, Simani ^a   Sepako, Enoch ^a   Doualla Bell, Florence ^a,c   Peter, Trevor ^a,b   Kim, Soyeon ^a,b   Thior, Ibou ^a,b   Novitsky, Vladimir A ^a,b   Essex, Max ^a,b  

^a BOTSWANA HARVARD AIDS INSTITUTE PARTNERSHIP   (Botswana)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DQB ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DRB ANTIGEN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T CELL LYMPHOMA; VACCINE PRODUCTION; VIRUS LOAD;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AIDS VACCINES; BOTSWANA; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 24944445895     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.12.9.1020-1028.2005     Document Type: Article

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