Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) by Author "Wade, JA"

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    • HLA-DR 52- and 51-associated DRB1 alleles in Kenya, east Africa. 

      Dunand, VA; Ng, CM; Wade, JA; Bwayo, J; Plummer, FA; MacDonald, KS (University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 1997)
      Abstract The genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) are amongst the most polymorphic loci known in the human population. The population genetics of the MHC encoded HLA loci of sub-Saharan Africa are of major ...

    • Naturally occurring IgG anti-HLA alloantibody does not correlate with HIV type 1 resistance in Nairobi prostitutes 

      Luscher, MA; Choy, G; Njagi, E; Bwayo, JJ; Anzala Aggrey O.; Ndinya-Achola Jeckoniah O.; Ball, TB; Wade, JA; Plummer, FA; Barber, BH; MacDonald, KS (Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, The Toronto Hospital, Canada.Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, 1998)
      In an effort to identify an immunological basis for natural resistance to HIV-1 infection, we have examined serum antibody responses to HLA class I antigens in female prostitutes of the Nairobi Sex Workers Study. Anti-HLA ...