The characteristics of HLA antigen distribution among patients with persistent lambliasis
Osipova, S.O.; Niiazova, O.P.; Shimolin, A.P.; Dekhkan-Khodzhaeva, N.A.
Meditsinskaia Parazitologiia i Parazitarnye Bolezni 2: 11-13
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-8326 PMID: 7935180 Document Number: 426425
Fifty patients suffering from persistent giardiasis and 257 healthy persons from Uzbekistan were examined. HLA-typing was carried out by the Terasaki microlymphocytotoxicity technique. The patients with persistent giardiasis were characterized as a significant prevalence of HLA-B5, HLA-B14, HLA-DR3, DR4, DR7 and haplotypes HLA-A9-B5 and A1-B5. These haplotypes and HLA antigens can be considered as markers of predisposition to persistent giardiasis.