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HIV-1 co-receptor CCR5 and CCR2 mutations among Greeks.
FEMS immunology and medical microbiology - 1 May 2000
Papa A, Papadimitriou E, Adwan G, Clewley J P, Malissiovas N, Ntoutsos I, Alexiou S, Antoniadis A
Abstract excerpt
The frequency of CCR5 and CCR2 alleles in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive and HIV-negative populations of Northern Greece was investigated. The frequency of the CCR5Delta32 allele among the HIV-negative subjects was 0.052, while it was approximately two-fold lower among the seropositives, suggesting that the heterozygous genotype confers a partial resistance to the HIV infection. No significant...
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