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The influence of HLA class I alleles and heterozygosity on the outcome of human T cell lymphotropic virus type I infection.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Dec 2000
Jeffery K J, Siddiqui A A, Bunce M, Lloyd A L, Vine A M, Witkover A D, Izumo S, Usuku K, Welsh K I, Osame M, Bangham C R
Abstract excerpt
The inflammatory disease human T cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I)-associated myelopathy (HAM/TSP) occurs in only 1-2% of HTLV-I-infected individuals and is associated with a high provirus load of HTLV-I. We hypothesize that a person's risk of developing HAM/TSP depends upon the efficiency of their immune response to the virus, which differs between individuals because of polymorphism in genes that...
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