Prevalence of CCR5delta32 in Northeastern Iran

Prevalence of CCR5delta32 in Northeastern Iran

Abstract Background A 32-base pair deletion (∆32) in the open reading frame (ORF) of C-C motif chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) seems to be a protective variant against immune system diseases, especially human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). We aimed to assess the frequency of CCR5∆32 in the healt...

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Main Authors: Amir Tajbakhsh, Mostafa Fazeli, Mehdi Rezaee, Faezeh Ghasemi, Mastoureh Momen Heravi, Aida Gholoobi, Zahra Meshkat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:BMC Medical Genetics
Subjects:
HIV-1
CC chemokine receptor type 5 (CCR5)
Epidemiology
Geographic spread
Rare alleles
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12881-019-0913-9

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