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Prevalence of CCR2-64I, SDF1-3'A and CCR5-Delta32 alleles in healthy Thais.
European journal of immunogenetics : official journal of the British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics - 1 Jun 2000
Nookhai S, Ruxrungtham K, Phanuphak P, Oelrichs R
Abstract excerpt
A genetic survey was performed of 200 healthy Thai blood donors for the frequency of three alleles that influence susceptibility to HIV infection and the rate of progression to HIV disease. The CCR5-Delta32 allele was not detected in this population. The CCR2-64I allele was detected at a frequency similar to that found in other Asian populations (15.7%). SDF1-3'A was detected at 33.2%, supporting a cline of...
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