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Gene polymorphisms in CCR5, CCR2, CX3CR1, SDF-1 and RANTES in exposed but uninfected partners of HIV-1 infected individuals in North India.
Journal of clinical immunology - 1 Sept 2006
Suresh Pallikuth, Wanchu Ajay, Sachdeva Ravinder Kaur, Bhatnagar Archana
Abstract excerpt
Repeated exposure to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) does not always result in infection. Understanding the mechanisms that give protection against progressive infection with HIV may help in the development of a vaccine. In order to determine the influence of host genetic factors on HIV resistance, we studied 35 exposed but uninfected (EU) partners of HIV-1 infected individuals for polymorphisms in multiple...
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