Prevalence of the CCR5Δ32 mutation in Brazilian populations and cell susceptibility to HIV-1 infection
✍ Scribed by Rogério Grimaldi; Nice Shindo; Angelina Acosta; Inês Dourado; Carlos Brites; Ozenilda de Melo Carvalho; Ivo Brito; Dumith Bou-Habib; Bernardo Galvão-Castro
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 41 KB
- Volume
- 111
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6717
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