Genetic polymorphism of CCR5 gene and HI
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Renate A. Morawetz; G. Paolo Rizzardi; Didier Glauser; Olivier Rutschmann; Berna
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Article
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1997
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Homozygous (Δccr5/Δccr5) and heterozygous (CCR5/Δccr5) deletions in the β‐chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) gene, which encodes for the major co‐receptor for macrophage‐tropic HIV‐1 entry, have been implicated in resistance to HIV infection and in protection against disease progression, respe