Contrasting frequencies of CCR5Δ32 and CCR2-64I alleles in the Tunisian population [1]

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 298-299

  Barbouche, Ridha M ^a   Hong, Lily ^b   Dellagi, Koussay ^a   Kostrikis, Leondios G ^b  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR2; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR; MONOCYTE CHEMOATTRACTANT PROTEIN 1 RECEPTOR;

ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; EUROPE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUNISIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ALLELE; GENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS;

ALLELES; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, CCR5; RECEPTORS, CHEMOKINE; TUNISIA;

EID: 0035263584     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126334-200103010-00015     Document Type: Letter

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