@article{17546,
  keywords = {Adult, Aged, Epitopes, HLA Antigens, Humans, Japan, leprosy, Lymphocytes, Middle Aged, Phenotype, Tuberculosis},
  author = {Takata H and Sada M and Ozawa S and Sekiguchi S},
  title = {HLA and mycobacterial infection: increased frequency of B8 in Japanese leprosy.},
  abstract = {<p>A total of 60 leprosy patients, 28 of lepromatous and 32 of tuberculoid form, and 70 active tuberculosis patients was compared with a control of 184 for 34 HLA specificities. The most interesting finding was an increased frequency (10.0%) for HLA-B8 (corrected P = 0.062, relative risk = 20.3) in the leprosy patients as compared with the control group, despite the fact that the frequency of HLA-B8 was extremely low in Japanese. Furthermore, all leprosy patients with B8 had leprous member(s) in their family.</p>},
  year = {1978},
  journal = {Tissue antigens},
  volume = {11},
  pages = {61-4},
  month = {1978 Jan},
  issn = {0001-2815},
  doi = {10.1111/j.1399-0039.1978.tb01225.x},
  language = {eng},
}