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Influence of HLA alleles on the rate of progression of vertically transmitted HIV infection in children: association of several HLA-DR13 alleles with long-term survivorship and the potential association of HLA-A*2301 with rapid progression to AIDS. Long-Term Survivor Study.
Human immunology - 1 Jul 1997
Chen Y, Winchester R, Korber B, Gagliano J, Bryson Y, Hutto C, Martin N, McSherry G, Petru A, Wara D, Ammann A
Abstract excerpt
The influence of host immunogenetics on the outcome of vertically transmitted HIV infection in children was examined in a multicenter cross sectional study of long term survivors and rapid progressors. Sequence-based typing was performed for the DRB1, DQB1 and HLA-A loci. 36.7% of 30 children surviving more than 8 years had one or more of the HLA-DR13 alleles, versus none of 14 rapidly progressing children who...
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