Article
HLA-DR and -DQ associations with melioidosis.
Human immunology - 1 Sept 1998
Dharakul T, Vejbaesya S, Chaowagul W, Luangtrakool P, Stephens H A, Songsivilai S
Abstract excerpt
Melioidosis is an important infectious disease of southeast Asia caused by an intracellular bacterium, Burkholderia pseudomallei. Cellular immunity is postulated to play important roles in immunity to melioidosis that may influence the severity and clinical outcome of the disease. The present study was undertaken to investigate possible associations of melioidosis with HLA class II alleles. HLA typing of...
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