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Prevalence of CCR5delta32 in Northeastern Iran.
BMC medical genetics - 15 Nov 2019
Tajbakhsh Amir, Fazeli Mostafa, Rezaee Mehdi, Ghasemi Faezeh, Heravi Mastoureh Momen, Gholoobi Aida, Meshkat Zahra
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A 32-base pair deletion (∆32) in the open reading frame (ORF) of C-C motif chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) seems to be a protective variant against immune system diseases, especially human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). We aimed to assess the frequency of CCR5∆32 in the healthy Iranian population. METHODS: In this study, 400 normal samples from Khorasan, northeastern Iran, were randomly selected....
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