On the association between HLA-A1 and B5 and clinical forms of schistosomiasis mansoni

The association between both HLA-A1 and B5 antigens and chronic forms of human schistosomiasis was studied in 64 patients and 26 normal controls from a southern Brazilian hospital. No apparent correlation between the chronic forms of the disease and the expression of those antigens was detected. How...

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Published in:	Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Main Authors:	P. H. Cabello, H. Krieger, J. D. Lopes, E. J. Sant'Ana
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 1991-03-01
Subjects:	schistosomiasis susceptibility to infection HLA system and disease
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761991000100007