Article
APOBEC3G Variants and Protection against HIV-1 Infection in Burkina Faso.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Compaore Tegwinde Rebeca, Soubeiga Serge Theophile, Ouattara Abdoul Karim, Obiri-Yeboah Dorcas, Tchelougou Damehan, Maiga Mamoudou, Assih Maleki, Bisseye Cyrille, Bakouan Didier, Compaore Issaka Pierre, Dembele Augustine, Martinson Jeremy, Simpore Jacques
Abstract excerpt
Studies on host factors, particularly the APOBEC3G gene, have previously found an association with AIDS progression in some populations and against some HIV-1 strains but not others. Our study had two main objectives: firstly, to screen a population from Burkina Faso for three variants of APOBEC3G previously described, and secondly to analyze the effect of these three variants and their haplotypes on HIV-1...
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