Frequency of the CCR5 Δ32 mutant allele in HIV-1-positive patients, female sex workers, and a normal population in Taiwan

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 979-984

  Li, Ching ^a   Yan, Yao Pei ^a   Shieh, Biehuoy ^a   Lee, Cheng Ming ^b   Lin, Ruey Yi ^c   Chen, Yi Ming A ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Taipei Venereal Dis Contr Inst   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

AIDS; CCR5; Ethnic diversity; Human immunodeficiency virus type 1

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTITUTION; TAIWAN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ASIA; BIOLOGY; CHINA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN ASIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENETICS; HIV INFECTIONS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; TAIWAN; VIRAL DISEASES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; FEMALE; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PROSTITUTION; RECEPTORS, CCR5;

EID: 6844255213     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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