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HLA class I diversity among rural rainforest inhabitants in Cameroon: identification of A*2612-B*4407 haplotype.
Tissue antigens - 1 Jan 2006
Torimiro J N, Carr J K, Wolfe N D, Karacki P, Martin M P, Gao X, Tamoufe U, Thomas A, Ngole E M, Birx D L, McCutchan F E, Burke D S, Carrington M
Abstract excerpt
The population distribution of alleles of the classical HLA class I loci in Cameroon has not been well studied but is of particular interest given the AIDS and malarial epidemics afflicting this population. We investigated the genetic diversity of HLA-A, HLA-B and HLA-C alleles in remote populations of Cameroon. Subjects from seven small, isolated, indigenous populations (N = 274) in the rainforest of southern...
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