HLA class I diversity among rural rainforest inhabitants in Cameroon: Identification of A*2612-B*4407 haplotype

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 30-37

  Torimiro, J N ^a   Carr, J K ^b   Wolfe, N D ^c   Karacki, P ^d   Martin, M P ^d   Gao, X ^d   Tamoufe, U ^c   Thomas, A ^e   Ngole, E M ^a,f   Birx, D L ^g   McCutchan, F E ^b   Burke, D S ^c   Carrington, M ^d  

^a Walter Reed Johns Hopkins Cameroon Program   (Cameroon)

^b HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f Army Health Research Center   (Cameroon)

^g WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Allele frequency; Cameroon; Haplotype frequency; Heterozygosity; Locus; Polymorphic; Population

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; T CELL BASED VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALARIA; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAIN FOREST; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS;

CAMEROON; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-C ANTIGENS; RURAL POPULATION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33644886642     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2005.00527.x     Document Type: Article

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