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Strong HLA class I--restricted T cell responses in dengue hemorrhagic fever: a double-edged sword?
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Dec 2001
Loke H, Bethell D B, Phuong C X, Dung M, Schneider J, White N J, Day N P, Farrar J, Hill A V
Abstract excerpt
Dengue is an increasingly important cause of morbidity and mortality in the tropics, but vaccine development has been impeded by a poor understanding of disease pathogenesis and, in particular, of immunologic enhancement. In a large case-control study of Vietnamese patients with dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), variation at the HLA-A locus was significantly associated with susceptibility to DHF (P=.02), and...
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