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Pereira,Rinaldo W.; Pires,Edina R.; Duarte,Ana P.M.; Moura,Ricardo P. de; Monteiro,Elisangela; Torloni,Humberto; Proietti,Anna B.; Simpson,Andrew J.G.; Pena,Sérgio D.J.. |
The identification of a 32-bp deletion in the cc-chemokine receptor-5 gene (CCR5delta32 allele) that renders homozygous individuals highly resistant to HIV infection has prompted worldwide investigations of the frequency of the CCR5delta32 allele in regional populations. It is important to ascertain if CCR5delta32 is a factor to be considered in the overall epidemiology of HIV in individual populations. With this in mind we determined the CCR5delta32 allele frequency in a large sample (907 individuals) of the southeastern Brazilian urban population, stratified as follows: 322 healthy unrelated individuals, 354 unselected colorectal cancer patients, and 229 blood donors. The three groups displayed essentially identical allelic frequencies of CCR5delta32 and... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
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Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572000000300003 |
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