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Testing for risk and protective trends in genetic analyses of HIV acquisition.
Biostatistics (Oxford, England) - 1 Apr 2015
Mccarthy Janice M, Shea Patrick R, Goldstein David B, Allen Andrew S
Abstract excerpt
Host genetics studies of HIV-1 acquisition are critically important for the identification of new targets for drug and vaccine development. Analyses of such studies typically focus on pairwise comparisons of three different groups: HIV-1 positive individuals, HIV-1 high-risk seronegative individuals, and population controls. Because there is a clear expectation of how gene frequencies of risk or protective...
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