HL-A transplantation antigens in subjects susceptible to recrudescent herpes labialis.
We have shown in retrospective and prospective studies that there is an increased frequency of HL-A1 in subjects with recrudescent circum-oral herpes when compared with the frequency in the background population. This is the first association of a human disease of known viral aetiology with a specific transplantation antigen, and it is possible that this may represent a marker for an immune response gene.
D000917:Antibody Formation; D006680:HLA Antigens; D006560:Herpes Labialis / Q000276:immunology*; D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D012008:Recurrence
D006680:HLA Antigens; D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens