Article
Bf S gene frequency in Nigerians with HIV infection.
Disease markers - 1 Jan 2000
Uko G P, Dawkins R L, Mohammed I, Kay P H, Christiansen F T, Nasidi A, Bajani M
Abstract excerpt
Complement immunogenetic susceptibility to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection was examined in 40 Nigerians with serological and/or clinical evidence of the infection. A mild increase in C4A null alleles (C4AQO) frequency was observed in the patient group compared to a group of healthy subjects (25 per cent vs 17 per cent) but overall the HIV infected and the reference groups did not differ significantly...
Topics
- Adult
- Alleles
- Complement C4
- Complement Factor B
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Markers
- HIV Infections
- Humans
- Male
- Nigeria