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Immunogenetic Manifestations of Lyme Borreliosis / Imūnìenģtiskās Izpausmes Laimboreliozes Gadījumā Cover

Immunogenetic Manifestations of Lyme Borreliosis / Imūnìenģtiskās Izpausmes Laimboreliozes Gadījumā

Open Access
|Aug 2016

Abstract

In this study, we sought to identify human leukocyte antigen (HLA) DRB1 alleles that might be associated with Lyme borreliosis in Latvian patients. Case patients and control subjects were similar in age, sex, and ethnic heritage and differed only in the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi infection. The frequency of HLA-DRB1*07 (OR 3.52; p = 0.001), HLA-DRB1*15 (OR 3.02; p = 0.001) and HLA-DRB1 *17 (03) (OR 2.63; p = 0.001) were significantly increased in the Lyme disease patients compared with the control groups. The frequency of the alleles -DRB1*11(OR 0.37; p = 0.005) and -DRB1*13 (OR 0.34; p = 0.002) was smaller in Borreliosis patients and significantly higher in the control group.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/prolas-2016-0034 | Journal eISSN: 2255-890X | Journal ISSN: 1407-009X
Language: English
Page range: 215 - 219
Submitted on: Dec 19, 2015
Published on: Aug 4, 2016
Published by: Latvian Academy of Sciences
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 6 issues per year

© 2016 Lilija Kovaļčuka, Jeļena Eglīte, Māra Zīālīte, Irina Lucenko, Ludmila Vīksna, Angelika Krūmiņa, published by Latvian Academy of Sciences
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