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HIV-infected individuals with the CCR delta32/CCR5 genotype have lower HIV RNA levels and higher CD4 cell counts in the early years of the infection than do patients with the wild type. Copenhagen AIDS Cohort Study Group.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes and human retrovirology : official publication of the International Retrovirology Association - 1 Sept 1997
Katzenstein T L, Eugen-Olsen J, Hofmann B, Benfield T, Pedersen C, Iversen A K, Sørensen A M, Garred P, Koppelhus U, Svejgaard A, Gerstoft J
Abstract excerpt
The relations among serum HIV RNA levels, CD4 cell counts, presence of the mutant CCR5-allele in heterozygous form, and clinical outcome was analyzed in 96 patients from the Copenhagen AIDS Cohort. In the early years of the infection, patients with the CCR5 delta32/CCR5 genotype had significantly...
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