Frequency of the CCR5-Δ32 mutation in the Atlantic island populations of Madeira, the Azores, Cabo Verde, and São Tomé e Príncipe

Human Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 697-703

  Freitas, Tamira ^a   Brehm, António ^a   Fernandes, Ana Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Atlantic islands; Azores islands; Cabo Verde; CCR5 polymorphism; HIV infection; Madeira; S o Tom e Pr ncipe

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5;

AFRICA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; EUROPE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; MUTATION RATE; POPULATION; SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE; SEASHORE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME 3; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; NEGRO; POPULATION GENETICS; PORTUGAL;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; AZORES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HIV-1; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PORTUGAL; RECEPTORS, CCR5;

EID: 34447125021     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2007.0011     Document Type: Article

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