Houshang Rafatpanah

Immunology Research Center, BuAli Research Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran | Center for Integrated Genomic Medical Research, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

[ 1 ] - Association between HLA-DRB101 and HLA-Cw08 and Outcome Following HTLV-I Infection

Background: Human T cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I)-associated myelopa-thy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) is an inflammatory disease which occurs in less than 2% of HTLV-I -infected individuals. High proviral load, high HTLV-I-specific CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocyte frequency (CTL) and host genetic factors such as HLA all appear to be associated with HTLV-I infection. Previous stud...

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Houshang Rafatpanah

[ 1 ] - Association between HLA-DRB1*01 and HLA-Cw*08 and Outcome Following HTLV-I Infection

[ 1 ] - Association between HLA-DRB101 and HLA-Cw08 and Outcome Following HTLV-I Infection