Common west African HLA antigens are associated with protection from severe malaria.
A large case-control study of malaria in West African children shows that a human leucocyte class I antigen (HLA-Bw53) and an HLA class II haplotype (DRB1*1302-DQB1*0501), common in West Africans but rare in other racial groups, are independently associated with protection from severe malaria. In th...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1991
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