High-throughput high-resolution class I HLA genotyping in East Africa.
HLA, the most genetically diverse loci in the human genome, play a crucial role in host-pathogen interaction by mediating innate and adaptive cellular immune responses. A vast number of infectious diseases affect East Africa, including HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, but the HLA genetic diversi...
Main Authors: | Rebecca N Koehler, Anne M Walsh, Eric E Sanders-Buell, Leigh Anne Eller, Michael Eller, Jeffrey R Currier, Christian T Bautista, Fred Wabwire-Mangen, Michael Hoelscher, Leonard Maboko, Jerome Kim, Nelson L Michael, Merlin L Robb, Francine E McCutchan, Gustavo H Kijak |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2010-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2873994?pdf=render |
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