Association between HLA class I and class II alleles and the outcome of West Nile virus infection: an exploratory study.

Association between HLA class I and class II alleles and the outcome of West Nile virus infection: an exploratory study.

West Nile virus (WNV) infection is asymptomatic in most individuals, with a minority developing symptoms ranging from WNV fever to serious neuroinvasive disease. This study investigated the impact of host HLA on the outcome of WNV disease.A cohort of 210 non-Hispanic mostly white WNV(+) subjects fro...

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Main Authors: Marion C Lanteri, Zhanna Kaidarova, Trevor Peterson, Steven Cate, Brian Custer, Shiquan Wu, Maria Agapova, Jacqueline P Law, Thomas Bielawny, Frank Plummer, Leslie H Tobler, Mark Loeb, Michael P Busch, Jonathan Bramson, Ma Luo, Philip J Norris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3148246?pdf=render

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