Frequency of human leukocyte antigen (hla) in patients with malaria and in the general population of Humaitá county, Amazonas state, Brazil

In August 1983,85 inhabitants of the municipality of Humaitá, Amazonas State, Brazil were studied to determine the prevalence of antigens to HLA-A, -B, -C and DR. Thirty-eight were sick with malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum. All subjects were examined for splenomegaly, blood parasitaemia and ant...

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Main Authors: Domingos Alves Meira, Jordão Pellegrino Júnior, Jussara Marcondes-Machado, Kimiyoski Tsuji, Elinda Satie Matsuoka, Elizete Haida, Albert Boutros El Khoury
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1987-09-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86821987000300005&lng=en&tlng=en