Article
HBV/HIV co-infection and APOBEC3G polymorphisms in a population from Burkina Faso.
BMC infectious diseases - 22 Jul 2016
Compaore Tegwinde Rebeca, Diarra Birama, Assih Maleki, Obiri-Yeboah Dorcas, Soubeiga Serge Theophile, Ouattara Abdoul Karim, Tchelougou Damehan, Bisseye Cyrille, Bakouan Didier Romuald, Compaore Issaka Pierre, Dembele Augustine, Djigma Wendkuuni Florencia, Simpore Jacques
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme catalytic polypeptide-like 3G (APOBEC3G) is a potent host defense factor, which interferes with HIV-1 and HBV. Our study had three objectives, to screen a population of HIV-1 infected and uninfected patients in Burkina Faso for HBV, to screen the population for APOBEC3G variants rs6001417, rs8177832, and rs35228531 previously described, and to analyze the effect of...
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