Article
HLA, Gm, and Km polymorphisms and immunity to infectious diseases in South Amerinds.
Experimental and clinical immunogenetics - 1 Jan 1995
Black F L, Schiffman G, Pandey J P
Abstract excerpt
Isolated South Amerinds, a population at very high risk from infectious disease, mount good immune responses to pneumococcal polysaccharides, viral antigens and other immunogens. No unusual immunoglobulin allotype or HLA antigen, which might explain the high risk from infectious disease, was foun...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Antigens, Viral
- Bacterial Vaccines
- Disease Susceptibility
- Ethnicity
- Female
- Genes, Immunoglobulin
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genetic Variation
- HLA Antigens
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin Allotypes
- Immunoglobulin Gm Allotypes
- Indians, South American
- Infections
- Major Histocompatibility Complex