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Associations of human leukocyte antigen-G with resistance and susceptibility to HIV-1 infection in the Pumwani sex worker cohort.
AIDS (London, England) - 2 Jan 2013
Turk William J R, Kimani Joshua, Bielawny Tomasz, Wachihi Charles, Ball Terry Blake, Plummer Francis A, Luo Ma
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the association between human leukocyte antigens (HLA)-G genotypes and resistance or susceptibility to HIV-1. DESIGN: A group of sex workers in Pumwani, Kenya can be epidemiologically defined as resistant to HIV-1 infection despite frequent exposure and provide an example of natural protective immunity. HLA class I and II molecules have been shown to be associated with...
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