

@article {2920,
	title = {{HLA} and alveolar echinococcosis},
	journal = {Tissue Antigens},
	volume = {52},
	number = {2},
	year = {1998},
	pages = {124{\textendash}129},
	abstract = {{Evidence in animal intermediate hosts that susceptibility to larval infection with Echinococcus multilocularis is restricted to individual host factors prompted us to investigate the susceptibility markers in humans. Because antigens of the extracellular parasite E. multilocularis are possibly presented by MHC molecules in a restricted way, we speculated that MHC polymorphism may influence resistance of the host towards infection and course of disease. We studied HLA-A, -B, -DRB1, -DQB1 and -DPB1 polymorphism in 151 patients with alveolar echinococcosis. Patients with an observation period of more than 2 years were grouped according to the clinical follow-up into cured (no recurrence following surgery) patients and patients with regressive or progressive forms of disease during benzimidazole chemotherapy. By comparing phenotypic frequency between patients with alveolar echinococcosis and healthy controls, HLA-DRB1*11 was associated with a reduced risk for disease development (odds ratio=0.55, 95\% confidence interval=0.34-0.88; P=0.01). HLA-DQB1*02 was more frequent in patients with progressive disease when compared with patients with regressive disease (54.3\% vs 28.3\%},
	keywords = {Animals, Antigens, Biomarkers, Cohort Studies, Echinococcosis, Echinococcus, Female, Genetic, Helminth, Histocompatibility Antigens Class I, Histocompatibility Antigens Class II, HLA-DQ Antigens, HLA-DQ beta-Chains, HLA-DR Antigens, HLA-DRB1 Chains, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Phenotype, Polymorphism, Pulmonary Alveoli},
	issn = {0001-2815},
	author = {Eiermann, T. H. and Bettens, F. and Tiberghien, P. and Schmitz, K. and Beurton, I. and Bresson-Hadni, S. and Ammann, R. W. and Goldmann, S. F. and Vuitton, D. A. and Gottstein, B. and Kern, P.}
}
