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Association of HLA class I with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection.

Marie Lin, Hsiang-Kuang Tseng, Jean A Trejaut, Hui-Lin Lee, Jun-Hun Loo, Chen-Chung Chu, Pei-Jan Chen, Ying-Wen Su, Ken Hong Lim, Zen-Uong Tsai, Ruey-Yi Lin, Ruey-Shiung Lin, and Chun-Hsiung Huang

BMC Med Genet (2003) PMID 12969506 PMCID 212558

The human leukocyte antigen (HLA) system is widely used as a strategy in the search for the etiology of infectious diseases and autoimmune disorders. During the Taiwan epidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), many health care workers were infected. In an effort to establish a screening program for high risk personal, the distribution of HLA class I and II alleles in case and control groups was examined for the presence of an association to a genetic susceptibly or resistance to SARS coronavirus infection.

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DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-4-9
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