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HLA class II restriction of HIV-1 clade-specific neutralizing antibody responses in ethnic Thai recipients of the RV144 prime-boost vaccine combination of ALVAC-HIV and AIDSVAX(®) B/E.
Vaccine - 20 Jan 2012
Paris Robert, Bejrachandra Sasitorn, Thongcharoen Prasert, Nitayaphan Sorachai, Pitisuttithum Punnee, Sambor Anna, Gurunathan Sanjay, Francis Donald, Ratto-Kim Silvia, Karnasuta Chitraporn, de Souza Mark S, Polonis Victoria R, Brown Arthur E, Kim Jerome H, Stephens Henry A
Abstract excerpt
Immune responses to vaccines may be influenced or associated with allelic variants of host genes such as those encoding human leucocyte antigens (HLA). We have molecularly determined the HLA class II DR and DQ gene, allele and haploype profiles in HIV-1 negative ethnic Thai recipients of an HIV-1...
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