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Human Leukocyte Antigen
Coverage of Human Leukocyte Antigen in the Nexus archive.
- EBV strain interacts with host HLA to drive nasopharyngeal carcinoma risk
A genome-to-genome association study published in Nature identifies how interactions between Epstein-Barr virus strains and host HLA genes contribute to nasopharyngeal carcinoma risk in southern China. The research highlights key host and viral factors driving the endemicity of the disease in the region.