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Distribution of HIV/AIDS protective SDF1, CCR5 and CCR2 gene variants within Cretan population.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Dec 2005
Apostolakis S, Baritaki S, Krambovitis E, Spandidos D A
Abstract excerpt
An interesting finding in the epidemiology of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is that certain mutations in genes coding for chemokine receptors and their ligands may confer resistance to HIV-1 infection and/or AIDS progression. The mutations most frequently studied are the CCR5-delta32, CCR2-64I and SDF1-3'A. We examined the frequency of the above polymorphisms within the Cretan population,...
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