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Association between HLA genes and American cutaneous leishmaniasis in endemic regions of Southern Brazil.
BMC infectious diseases - 2 May 2013
Ribas-Silva Rejane C, Ribas Adriana D, Dos Santos Maria C G, da Silva Waldir V, Lonardoni Maria V C, Borelli Sueli D, Silveira Thaís G V
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The present study sought to investigate the association between HLA-A, HLA-B and HLA-DRB1 genes and susceptibility or resistance to the different clinical manifestations of American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) in southern Brazil. METHODS: The sample consisted of 169 patients with a diagnosis of ACL and 270 healthy subjects for comparison. HLA-A, HLA-B and HLA-DRB1 were typed by PCR-SSO reverse dot...
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