Article
HLA antigens associated with susceptibility to herpes simplex virus infection.
Disease markers - 1 Jan 2000
Jabbar A A, al-Samarai A M, al-Amar N S
Abstract excerpt
HLA antigen frequencies in 150 patients with recurrent herpes simplex virus infection and 176 normal Iraqi controls were studied. Highly significant increased frequencies of HLA-A1, -B5 and -DR1 were found in patients as compared to control individuals. The frequencies of HLA-A3 and -A23 were also significantly increased in patients. When we subdivide the patients into groups according to rate of recurrence of...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Disease Susceptibility
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- HLA Antigens
- Herpes Labialis
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
