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[Frequency of the coreceptor CCR5 gene delta 32 mutation in different French regions].
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie III, Sciences de la vie - 1 May 1998
Lucotte G, Mercier G
Abstract excerpt
We studied the frequency of the coreceptor CCR5 gene delta 32 mutation on 1,836 DNA samples originating from ten French regions. This mutation confers, in the homozygous state, resistance to HIV-1 infection. For the whole territory, the mean percentage presence of the delta 32 mutation is 9.2%. The mutation is statistically more frequent in the north (11.2%) than in the south (6.3%) of the country; this...
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