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Cysteine-cysteine chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) profile of HIV-infected subjects attending University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Southern Nigeria.
BMC infectious diseases - 3 Jan 2020
Ekere Ekerette Friday, Useh Monday F, Okoroiwu Henshaw Uchechi, Mirabeau Tatfeng Youtchou
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BACKGROUND: Cysteine-cysteine chemokine receptor 5 is the main HIV co-receptor involved in the virus and cell-to-cell spread. A variant of the CCR5 gene known as CCR5-Δ32 which is a product of 32 base pair deletion in the gene plays critical role in the infection and progression to AIDS. The study was carried out to determine the CCR5 genotype of HIV-infected subjects attending University of Calabar Teaching...
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