title: [The distribution of the HLA antigen system among patients with echinococcosis].
abstract: Fifty six patients suffering from echinococcosis and 155 healthy persons were examined. The examination revealed the predominance of HLA-B5 and HLA-B18 antigen carriers among the patients suffering from echinococcosis unilocularis, and HLA-A1 and HLA-B35 in a group of patients suffering from echinococcosis multilocularis. In the first group no HLA-B14 antigen carriers were found and there was only 1 patients with HLA-B27 antigen. The data obtained prompt that HLA-B5, B18, A1 and B35 antigen carriers present the high-risk group for developing echinococcosis while HLA-B14 and B27 antigens evidently determine certain resistance to these invasions. Some differences were also marked in distribution of HLA antigens depending on the site of involvement: high frequency of HLA-B5 carriers among patients suffering from hepatic echinococcosis and HLA-B18 carriers among patients suffering from pulmonary echinococcosis.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Shcherbakov
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Monje-Barredo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology*; D004445:Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010641:Phenotype; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens
vernacular_title: Raspredelenie antigenov sistemy HLA sredi bol'nykh ékhinokokkozami.