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Prevalence of HLA-B*57:01 allele in Argentinean HIV-1 infected patients.
Tissue antigens - 1 Jul 2015
Moragas M, Belloso W H, Baquedano M S, Gutierrez M I, Bissio E, Larriba J M, Fay F, Aulicino P, Gurevich J M, Yaunguzian M F, Maldonado A C, Falistocco C, Sen L, Mangano A
Abstract excerpt
Hypersensitivity reaction to abacavir (ABC hypersensitivity syndrome, AHS) is strongly associated with the presence of the HLA-B*57:01 allele. This study was designed to estimate the prevalence of HLA-B*57:01 allele in Argentinean HIV-1 infected patients. We analyzed the presence of HLA-B*57:01 allele in 1646 HIV-1 infected patients from different regions of Argentina. This allele was detected in 81 patients;...
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