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Prevalence and the role of CCR5Δ32 heterozygosity in disease progression in HIV positive patients in the Czech Republic
Epidemiologie, mikrobiologie, imunologie : casopis Spolecnosti pro epidemiologii a mikrobiologii Ceske lekarske spolecnosti J.E. Purkyne - 1 Jan 2019
Sácká L, Hodek J, Machala L, Malý M, Weber J
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BACKGROUND: Entry of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in target cells is enabled by CD4 receptor and one of two co-receptors, CXCR4 or CCR5. Deletion of 32 bp in CCR5 gene (CCR5Δ32) in both alleles provides strong but not absolute resistance to HIV-1 infection and deletion in one allele slows disease progression to AIDS. Here, we analyzed the prevalence and the role of CCR5Δ32 heterozygosity on the...
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