Human leukocyte antigen-A, -B, and -DRB1 allele and haplotype frequencies in the Mozambican population: A blood donor-based population study

Human Immunology

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1027-1032

  Assane, António A A ^a,b   Fabricio Silva, Gustavo M ^a   Cardoso Oliveira, Juliana ^a   Mabunda, Nédio E J ^c   Sousa, Amina M ^c   Jani, Ilesh V ^c   Ferreira, Orlando C ^a   Porto, Luis C M S ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b MAPUTO CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Mozambique)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Alleles; Blood donors; Haplotypes; Maputo; Mozambique Basin

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOZAMBICAN; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOZAMBIQUE; POPULATION;

EID: 77956614387     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2010.06.017     Document Type: Article

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