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Effect of human leukocyte antigen heterozygosity on infectious disease outcome: the need for allele-specific measures
(Biomed Central, 2003-01-24)Background: Doherty and Zinkernagel, who discovered that antigen presentation is restricted by the major histocompatibility complex (MHC, called HLA in humans), hypothesized that individuals heterozygous at particular MHC ...