Association of human leukocyte antigen class II alleles with severe Middle East respiratory syndrome-coronavirus infection

Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 211-213

  Hajeer, Ali H ^a   Balkhy, Hanan ^a,b   Johani, Sameera ^a   Yousef, Mohammed Z ^a   Arabi, Yaseen ^a  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Human leukocyte Antigen Class II; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DRB1 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MORTALITY RATE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84979047241     PISSN: 18171737     EISSN: 19983557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.185756     Document Type: Article

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