Article
Association between an MHC class II allele and clearance of hepatitis B virus in the Gambia.
The New England journal of medicine - 20 Apr 1995
Thursz M R, Kwiatkowski D, Allsopp C E, Greenwood B M, Thomas H C, Hill A V
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The course of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection does not appear to be determined by variations in viral virulence and may be influenced by the host immune response. We studied the distribution of human leukocyte antigens in children and adult men in the Gambia who spontaneously recove...
Topics
- Adult
- Alleles
- Case-Control Studies
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Confidence Intervals
- Gambia
- Genes, MHC Class II
- HLA Antigens
- HLA-DR Antigens
- HLA-DRB1 Chains
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis B Antibodies
- Hepatitis B Antigens
- Hepatitis B virus
- Humans
- Male
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length