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HLA class II factors associated with Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface antigen allele families.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Apr 1999
May J, Meyer C G, Kun J F, Lell B, Luckner D, Dippmann A K, Bienzle U, Kremsner P G
Abstract excerpt
In Plasmodium falciparum malaria, certain human leukocyte antigens (HLA) and the parasite's merozoite surface antigens 1 and 2 (MSA-1, MSA-2) have been shown to influence the course of the infection. This report is on associations of distinct HLA factors with the occurrence of particular MSA families in a group of patients with either severe or mild P. falciparum malaria in Gabon. Different distributions of...
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