Association between human leukocyte antigen class II alleles and genotype of Borrelia burgdorferi in patients with early Lyme disease

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 192, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2020-2026

  Wormser, Gary P ^a   Kaslow, Richard ^b   Tang, Jianming ^b   Wade, Karen ^c   Liveris, Dionysios ^a   Schwartz, Ira ^a   Klempner, Mark ^d  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Rho Federal Systems Division Inc   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; SPACER DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 28044450408     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/497693     Document Type: Article

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