High frequency of the CCR5 deletion allele in Gypsies living in Hungary

Immunology Letters

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-58

  Szalai, Csaba ^a   Császár, Albert ^b   Czinner, Antal ^a   Szabó, Teréz ^a   Falus, András ^b  

^a HEIM PÁL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

CCR5D32 allele; HIV 1; Virus entry

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DELETION MUTANT; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUNGARY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALLELES; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GYPSIES; HIV-1; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, CCR5;

EID: 0032145934     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-2478(98)00048-0     Document Type: Article

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