Correlation between human leukocyte antigen class II alleles and HAI titers detected post-influenza vaccination.

Influenza is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Despite vaccination, many elderly recipients do not develop a protective antibody response. To determine whether Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) alleles modulate seroprotection to influenza, a cohort of HLA class II-typed high-risk vaccine recipie...

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Main Authors: Alastair J Moss, Fiona P Gaughran, Aliyye Karasu, Anthony S Gilbert, Alex J Mann, Colin M Gelder, John S Oxford, Henry A Stephens, Rob Lambkin-Williams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23951151/pdf/?tool=EBI