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CCL3L1 copy number, HIV load, and immune reconstitution in sub-Saharan Africans.
BMC infectious diseases - 12 Nov 2013
Aklillu Eleni, Odenthal-Hesse Linda, Bowdrey Jennifer, Habtewold Abiy, Ngaimisi Eliford, Yimer Getnet, Amogne Wondwossen, Mugusi Sabina, Minzi Omary, Makonnen Eyasu, Janabi Mohammed, Mugusi Ferdinand, Aderaye Getachew, Hardwick Robert, Fu Beiyuan, Viskaduraki Maria, Yang Fengtang, Hollox Edward J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The role of copy number variation of the CCL3L1 gene, encoding MIP1α, in contributing to the host variation in susceptibility and response to HIV infection is controversial. Here we analyse a sub-Saharan African cohort from Tanzania and Ethiopia, two countries with a high prevalence of HIV-1 and a high co-morbidity of HIV with tuberculosis. METHODS: We use a form of quantitative PCR called the...
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