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Host genetic determinants of human immunodeficiency virus infection and disease progression in children.
Pediatric research - 1 May 2009
Singh Kumud K, Spector Stephen A
Abstract excerpt
Increasing data support host genetic factors as an important determinants of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) susceptibility, mother-to-child transmission (MTCT), and disease progression. Of these genetic mediators, those impacting innate and adaptive immune responses seem to play a critical role in viral infectivity and pathogenesis. During primary infection, CCR5 using virus is predominantly...
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