A new look at human leukocyte antigen variation in HIV; functional clustering to enhance power for discovery of host genetic associations

Paul J McLaren^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Sexually Transmitted and Bloodborne Infections Division, National Microbiology Laboratories, Public Health Agency of Canada.
² Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Editorial

Paul J McLaren. AIDS. 2023.

. 2023 Sep 1;37(11):1757-1758.

doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000003636. Epub 2023 Jun 28.

Paul J McLaren^{1

2}

¹ Sexually Transmitted and Bloodborne Infections Division, National Microbiology Laboratories, Public Health Agency of Canada.
² Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

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Comment on

Associations of functional human leucocyte antigen class I groups with HIV viral load in a heterogeneous cohort.
Zucco AG, Bennedbæk M, Ekenberg C, Gabrielaite M, Leung P, Polizzotto MN, Kan V, Murray DD, Lundgren JD, MacPherson CR; INSIGHT START study group. Zucco AG, et al. AIDS. 2023 Sep 1;37(11):1643-1650. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000003557. Epub 2023 Apr 3. AIDS. 2023. PMID: 37534724 Free PMC article.

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