Co-operative additive effects between HLA alleles in control of HIV-1.

BACKGROUND:HLA class I genotype is a major determinant of the outcome of HIV infection, and the impact of certain alleles on HIV disease outcome is well studied. Recent studies have demonstrated that certain HLA class I alleles that are in linkage disequilibrium, such as HLA-A*74 and HLA-B*57, appea...

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Main Authors: Philippa C Matthews, Jennifer Listgarten, Jonathan M Carlson, Rebecca Payne, Kuan-Hsiang Gary Huang, John Frater, Dominique Goedhals, Dewald Steyn, Cloete van Vuuren, Paolo Paioni, Pieter Jooste, Anthony Ogwu, Roger Shapiro, Zenele Mncube, Thumbi Ndung'u, Bruce D Walker, David Heckerman, Philip J R Goulder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3477121?pdf=render