Association between HLA genes and American cutaneous leishmaniasis in endemic regions of Southern Brazil
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Association between HLA genes and American cutaneous leishmaniasis in endemic regions of Southern Brazil
BACKGROUND The present study sought to investigate the association between HLA-A, HLA-B and HLA-DRB1 genes and susceptibility or resistance to the different clinical manifestations of American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) in southern Brazil. METHODS The sample consisted of 169 patients with a diagnosis of ACL and 270 healthy subjects for comparison. HLA-A, HLA-B and HLA-DRB1 were typed by PC...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Infectious Diseases
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-198