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ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2021

Human Diversity of Killer Cell Immunoglobulin-Like Receptors and Human Leukocyte Antigen Class I Alleles and Ebola Virus Disease Outcomes.

Tony Wawina-Bokalanga, Bert Vanmechelen, Valentine Lhermitte, Joan Martí-Carreras, Valentijn Vergote, Fara Raymond Koundouno, Joseph Akoi-Boré, Ruth Thom, Tom Tipton, Kimberley Steeds and 14 more

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Article in Emerging infectious diseases, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The Role of Killer Ig-like Receptors in Diseases from A to Z.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  3. Risk Factors for Ebola Virus Persistence in Semen of Survivors in Liberia.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Tony Wawina-Bokalanga
Bert Vanmechelen
Valentine Lhermitte
Joan Martí-Carreras
Valentijn Vergote
Fara Raymond Koundouno
Joseph Akoi-Boré
Ruth Thom
Tom Tipton
Kimberley Steeds
Kéita Balla Moussa
Ablam Amento
Lies Laenen
Sophie Duraffour
Martin Gabriel
Paula Ruibal
Yper Hall
Mandy Kader-Kondé
Stephan Günther
Guy Baele
Cesar Muñoz-Fontela
Johan Van Weyenbergh
Miles W Carroll
Piet Maes
KU Leuven · BEJulius Nyerere University of Kankan · GNInstitut de Recherche Agronomique de Guinée · GNBernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We investigated the genetic profiles of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) in Ebola virus-infected patients. We studied the relationship between KIR-human leukocyte antigen (HLA) combinations and the clinical outcomes of patients with Ebola virus disease (EVD). We genotyped KIRs and HLA class I alleles using DNA from uninfected controls, EVD survivors, and persons who died of EVD. The activating 2DS4-003 and inhibitory 2DL5 genes were significantly more common among persons who died of EVD; 2DL2 was more common among survivors. We used logistic regression analysis and Bayesian modeling to identify 2DL2, 2DL5, 2DS4-003, HLA-B-Bw4-Thr, and HLA-B-Bw4-Ile as probably having a significant relationship with disease outcome. Our findings highlight the importance of innate immune response against Ebola virus and show the association between KIRs and the clinical outcome of EVD.

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Hemorrhagic Fever, EbolaAllelesBayes TheoremGenotypeHLA AntigensHumansReceptors, KIRHLA AntigensReceptors, KIREbola virus diseaseEbola virus infectionGuineahuman leukocyte antigenshuman leukocyte antigens class Ikiller cell immunoglobulin-like receptor geneskiller cell immunoglobulin-like receptorsnatural killer cellsviral zoonosesvirusesZaire ebolaviruszoonoses

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PMID33350932
PMCPMC7774578
OpenAlexW3107243130

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