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. 2014 Sep 29;9(9):e108798. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108798

Table 2. KIR genotypes and HLA ligand combinations in CHIV- and DENV2-infected patients, compared with healthy donors from the same Gabonese population.

Control CHIKV+ DENV-2+
n % n % p pn n % p pn
Inhibitory KIR genotypes
2DL1 54/54 100 63/73 86.1 0.0049 0.0338 52/52 100 ns ns
2DL2 35/54 64.8 44/73 60.3 ns ns 30/52 57.7 ns ns
2DL3 43/54 79.6 48/73 65.7 ns ns 41/52 78.8 ns ns
2DL5 39/54 72.2 40/73 54.8 ns ns 31/52 59.6 ns ns
3DL1 54/54 100 73/75 97.3 ns ns 47/50 94.0 ns ns
3DL2 54/54 100 68/69 98.5 ns ns 52/52 100 ns ns
3DL3 54/54 100 69/69 100 ns ns 52/52 100 ns ns
Activating KIR genotypes
2DL4 54/54 100 68/73 93.1 ns ns 51/52 98.0 ns ns
2DS1 10/54 18.5 11/55 20.0 ns ns 15/52 28.8 ns ns
2DS2 31/54 64.8 18/39 46.1 ns ns 16/41 39.0 ns ns
2DS3 19/54 79.6 7/36 19.4 0.0237 ns 6/36 16.7 ns ns
2DS4 54/54 100 70/70 100 ns ns 48/48 100 ns ns
2DS5 18/54 33.3 33/56 58.9 0.0081 0.0489 23/52 44.2 ns ns
3DS1 4/54 7.4 7/66 10.6 ns ns 6/50 12.0 ns ns
Inhibitory KIR-HLA associations
C2+ in 2DL1+ 32/47 68.1 44/48 91.6 0.0048 0.0238 26/40 65.0 ns ns
C1+ in 2DL2+ 20/31 64.5 21/33 63.4 ns ns 14/22 63.6 ns ns
C1+ in 2DL3+ 27/38 71.0 18/40 45.0 ns ns 21/31 67.7 ns ns
C1+ in 2DL2/2DL3+ 32/47 68.1 28/51 54.9 ns ns 26/40 65.0 ns ns
Bw4+ in 3DL1+ 33/47 70.2 38/55 69.1 ns ns 22/31 59.5 ns ns
Inhibitory KIR3DL1+-HLA-Bw4 subtype associations
Bw4-80Ile+ 22/47 46.8 38/55 69.1 0.0274 ns 20/37 54.0 ns ns
Bw4-80Trn+ 12/47 25.5 1/55 1.8 0.0005 0.0011 3/37 8.1 0.0472 ns
Activating KIR-HLA associations
C2+ in 2DS1+ 7/8 87.5 8/8 100 ns ns 9/12 75.0 ns ns
C1+ in 2DS2+ 18/22 64.3 12/17 70.6 ns ns 10/12 83.3 ns ns

P: Fisher exact test; Pn: The P values of statistically significant differences were then corrected by the formula Pn = 1−(1−P)n, where n is the number of comparisons [17].