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Variants in host viral replication cycle genes are associated with heterosexual HIV-1 acquisition in Africans.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) - 1 Jun 2014
Bigham Abigail W, Mackelprang Romel D, Celum Connie, De Bruyn Guy, Beima-Sofie Kristin, John-Stewart Grace, Ronald Allan, Mugo Nelly R, Buckingham Kati, Bamshad Michael J, Mullins James I, McElrath M J, Lingappa Jairam R
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OBJECTIVE: We evaluated genetic variants in 51 candidate genes encoding proteins that interact with HIV-1 during the virus life cycle for association with HIV-1 outcomes in an African cohort. METHODS: Using a nested case-control study within a cohort of heterosexual HIV-1-serodiscordant couples, we genotyped 475 haplotype-tagging single-nucleotide polymorphisms (tagSNPs) and 18 SNPs previously associated with...
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