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32-nucleotide deletion, associated with defence against hiv/aids, is a predominant mutation of CCR5 gene in the population of Georgia.
Georgian medical news - 1 Jan 2005
Kamkamidze G, Capoulade-Metay C, Butsashvili M, Dudoit Y, Chubinishvili O, Debre P, Theodorou L
Abstract excerpt
There is a special interest to investigate genetic peculiarities in the populations with a low HIV seroprevalence. Despite of presence of high-risk conditions for rapid spread of HIV/AIDS epidemics in Georgia, the prevalence of this infection in the country remains very low. We studied polymorphisms of CCR5 gene in Georgians. Blood samples from 190 women randomly selected from the cohort of pregnant women...
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