Article
CCR5 genotype and HIV-1 infection in perinatally-exposed infants.
The Journal of infection - 1 Jan 1999
Mas A, Español T, Heredia A, Pedraza M A, Hernandez M, Caragol I, Fernando M, Bertran J M, Alcami J, Soriano V
Abstract excerpt
The CCR5 chemokine receptor is required by non-syncytium HIV-1 strains to infect target cells. A 32 base pair deletion (delta32) in the CCR5 gene causes a structural CCR5 modification that does not permit HIV-1 entry into cells. The rate of the CCR5 delta32 was investigated in 137 children born from HIV-infected mothers. Overall, five (10.6%) of 47 HIV-infected infants showed the defect in heterozygosis vs. eight...
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