HLA associations in leprosy patients from Mumbai, India.

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HLA associations in leprosy patients from Mumbai, India.

Leprosy review - 1 Mar 2004

Shankarkumar U

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Genetic predisposition to both disease susceptibility and to host immune response has been postulated. In India, about 64% of leprosy prevalence and 78% of new case detection of the worlds estimated 719,330 cases occur. Convincing results have been reported from studies on HLA class II association in leprosy. However data on HLA class I association are limited and inconsistent. The HLA A, B and C allele...

Topics

Alleles
Case-Control Studies
Cohort Studies
DNA, Bacterial
Developing Countries
Female
Gene Expression Regulation
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
Humans
India
Leprosy
Male
Phenotype
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Probability
Risk Assessment
Rural Population

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PMID: 15072129

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