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Association of the HLA-DRB1 locus with syphilis in a Chinese population.
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 1 May 2011
Jiang Hong-Wei, Tian Hong-Qing, Liu Hong, Li Na, Zhao Yi, Zhang Fu-Ren
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum spirochete bacterium. The association of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) with syphilis has been reported in several populations, but not in the Chinese population. Furthermore, serology methods have mostly been used in previous studies investigating the association between STIs and HLA alleles. The...
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