Article
Genetic risk factors for perinatally acquired HIV-1 infection.
Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology - 1 Apr 1992
Just J, Louie L, Abrams E, Nicholas S W, Wara D, Stein Z, King M C
Abstract excerpt
This study evaluates genetic influence on susceptibility to perinatal HIV-1 infection among 106 Black infants from New York and San Francisco born to mothers infected with HIV-1. Genes tested by molecular techniques are HLA class II loci DRB1, DPB1 and DQA1; HLA class III loci complement C4A and C4B; alpha and beta interferons; and the constant region of the T-cell receptor beta chain. Of the 106 infants...
Topics
- Alleles
- Black People
- Disease Susceptibility
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- HIV Infections
- HIV-1
- HLA-D Antigens
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- New York City
