title: Differences in humoral responses to the p24 antigen between Ethiopian and Swedish human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected patients may suggest influences from a T-helper 2-like phenotype.
abstract: The levels of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 p24 antibodies and p24 antigen among 256 Ethiopians and Africans and 86 Swedes were compared. The elevated levels of total anti-p24 immunoglobulin G (IgG) and anti-p24 IgG4 among the Ethiopian and African patients suggest influences from T-helper-cell type 2-like responses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Microbiology, Pathology, and Infectious Diseases, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge Hospital, Sweden.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kebede
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Britton
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fehniger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vahlne
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sällberg
mesh_terms: D044383:Black People; D005002:Ethiopia; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology*; D016655:HIV Core Protein p24 / Q000276:immunology*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000208:ethnology / Q000276:immunology*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology*; D010641:Phenotype; D013548:Sweden; D018418:Th2 Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D044465:White People
chemical_list: D015483:HIV Antibodies; D016655:HIV Core Protein p24; D007074:Immunoglobulin G