HLA-DR and -DQ associations with melioidosis.

doi:10.1016/s0198-8859(98)00052-4

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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

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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 stu...

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Alleles
Case-Control Studies
HLA-DQ Antigens
HLA-DR Antigens
Humans
Melioidosis

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