Protective human leucocyte antigen haplotype, HLA-DRB1*01-B*14, against chronic Chagas disease in Bolivia.

• Main Authors: Florencia del Puerto (Author), Juan Eiki Nishizawa (Author), Mihoko Kikuchi (Author), Yelin Roca (Author), Cinthia Avilas (Author), Alberto Gianella (Author), Javier Lora (Author), Freddy Udalrico Gutierrez Velarde (Author), Sachio Miura (Author), Norihiro Komiya (Author), Koji Maemura (Author), Kenji Hirayama (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Chagas disease, caused by the flagellate parasite Trypanosoma cruzi affects 8-10 million people in Latin America. The mechanisms that underlie the development of complications of chronic Chagas disease, characterized primarily by pathology of the heart and digestive system, are not curre...