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Association of HLA-A, B, DRB1 alleles and haplotypes with HIV-1 infection in Chongqing, China.
BMC infectious diseases - 12 Dec 2009
Huang Xia, Ling Hua, Mao Wei, Ding Xianbin, Zhou Quanhua, Han Mei, Wang Fang, Cheng Lei, Xiong Hongyan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The human immunodeficiency virus type 1(HIV-1) epidemic in Chongqing, China, is increasing rapidly with the dominant subtype of CRF07_BC over the past 3 years. Since human leukocyte antigen (HLA) polymorphisms have shown strong association with susceptibility/resistance to HIV-1 infection from individuals with different ethnic backgrounds, a recent investigation on frequencies of HLA class I and class...
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