Absence of the HIV-1 protective Δccr5 allele in most ethnic populations of India

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 794-796

  Majumder, P P ^a   Dey, B ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Caste; HIV resistance; Tribe

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RECEPTOR GENE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ALLELES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; RECEPTORS, CCR5;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0034748055     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200705     Document Type: Article

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