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Unveiling ancestral threads: Exploring CCR5 ∆32 mutation frequencies in Colombian populations for HIV/AIDS therapeutics.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Nov 2024
Barrios-Navas Alejandro, Nguyen Thanh Long, Gallo Juan Esteban, Mariño-Ramírez Leonardo, Soto José María Satizabal, Sánchez Adalberto, Jordan I King, Valderrama-Aguirre Augusto
Abstract excerpt
AIDS remains a significant global health challenge since its emergence in 1981, with millions of deaths and new cases every year. The CCR5 ∆32 genetic deletion confers immunity to HIV infection by altering a cell membrane protein crucial for viral entry. Stem cell transplants from homozygous carriers of this mutation to HIV-infected individuals have resulted in viral load reduction and disease remission,...
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