Association between HLA-Class I and HLA-Class II Alleles and Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection in Iraqi Patients from Baghdad City

Association between HLA-Class I and HLA-Class II Alleles and Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection in Iraqi Patients from Baghdad City

Background: Pulmonary tuberculosis (PT) is one of the endemic diseases in Iraq, and among the suggested predisposing factors are alleles of the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) system. We sought to investigate the association between HLA-class I (A and B) and -class II (DR and DQ) alleles in a sample o...

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Main Authors: Nidhal Abdulmohaimen Mohammed, Haitham Qassem, Farouk Hassen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2014-03-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
MHC-Class I
MHC-Class II
Lymphocytotoxicity
Online Access:http://ijms.sums.ac.ir/index.php/IJMS/article/view/643

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