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MHC haplotypes affect the expression of opportunistic infections in HIV patients.
Human immunology - 1 Feb 2001
Price P, Keane N M, Stone S F, Cheong K Y, French M A
Abstract excerpt
This study explores whether MHC genes affect manifestations of opportunistic infections in HIV patients not treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and immunopathologic responses to pre-existing infections in patients who achieved immune reconstitution following HAART (i.e., "immune restoration diseases" or IRD). HLA-B27 and B17 were relatively rare in all HIV patients, but no HLA-B alleles...
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