Abstract
One-hundred and thirty confirmed cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) were recruited to evaluate their anti-SARS-coronavirus (CoV) antibody status and human leukocyte antigen (HLA) types in September 2006, 3y after the SARS outbreaks in Taiwan. Western blot assay showed that 6.9% of participants still had anti-spike and anti-nucleocapside antibodies. A case-control study of the association of HLA with SARS revealed that the HLA-Cw1502 and DR0301 alleles conferred resistance against SARS infection (p<0.05).
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 421-426 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Viral Immunology |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Oct 2011 |