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Association of Chlamydia trachomatis heat-shock protein 60 antibody and HLA class II DQ alleles.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jul 1999
Gaur L K, Peeling R W, Cheang M, Kimani J, Bwayo J, Plummer F, Brunham R C
Abstract excerpt
A total of 113 female commercial sex workers had individual alleles for HLA class II genes determined by using labeled sequence-specific oligonucleotide probes to hybridize to polymerase chain reaction products of amplified DNA. Women also had microimmunofluorescent (MIF) antibody titers to Chlamydia trachomatis elementary bodies and ELISA antibody to recombinant chlamydial heat-shock protein 60 (Chsp60)...
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