Durovic, B. and Gasser, O. and Gubser, P. and Sigle, J. and Hirsch, H. H. and Stern, M. and Buser, A. and Hess, C.. (2013) Epstein-Barr virus negativity among individuals older than 60 years is associated with HLA-C and HLA-Bw4 variants and tonsillectomy. Journal of virology, Vol. 87, H. 11. pp. 6526-6529.
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Abstract
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infects approximately 95% of the adult population. The factors that confer protection in the remaining approximately 5% remain unknown. In an exploratory study, we assessed immunogenetic factors and tonsillectomy in a cohort of 17 EBV-negative and 39 EBV-positive healthy individuals aged <60 years. Analyses of HLA genotypes revealed an association between EBV negativity and the presence of HLA-C-35T/T and/or HLA-Bw4 alleles. In addition, EBV-negative donors presented with a history of tonsillectomy more often than EBV-positive donors.
| Faculties and Departments: | 03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Biomedizin > Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel > Immunobiology (Hess C) 03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Biomedizin > Former Units at DBM > Immunotherapy (Stern) 03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Biomedizin > Division of Medical Microbiology > Transplantation Virology (Hirsch) |
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| UniBasel Contributors: | Stern, Martin Andreas and Hirsch, Hans H. and Hess, Christoph |
| Item Type: | Article, refereed |
| Article Subtype: | Research Article |
| Publisher: | American Society for Microbiology |
| ISSN: | 0022-538X |
| Note: | Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article |
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| Last Modified: | 06 Mar 2015 07:44 |
| Deposited On: | 06 Mar 2015 07:44 |
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