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HLA alleles in Egyptian HCV genotype-4 carriers.
The Egyptian journal of immunology - 1 Jan 2005
Zekri Abdel-Rahman N, El-Mahallawy Hadir Ahmed, Hassan Ahmed, El-Din Nelly Hassan Aly, Kamel Azza Mohamed
Abstract excerpt
Risk factors affecting asymptomatic HCV carriers as well as intrafamilial HCV transmission are not completely known. We hypothesized that immunological factors related to HLA profiles may affect the intrafamilial transmission. We investigated the possible association between HLA class I & II genes and the presence of HCV infection, as well as their possible role in intrafamilial tramsmition. One hundred forty...
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