Does CCR5 gene-D32 deletion protect C.trachomatis infected Indian women from tubal pathology?
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The Case for Selection at CCR5-D32
The C-C chemokine receptor 5, 32 base-pair deletion (CCR5-D32) allele confers strong resistance to infection by the AIDS virus HIV. Previous studies have suggested that CCR5-D32 arose within the past 1,000 y and rose to its present high frequency (5%–14%) in Europe as a result of strong positive selection, perhaps by such selective agents as the bubonic plague or smallpox during the Middle Ages...
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عنوان ژورنال: Microbiology Research
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2036-7481,2036-7473
DOI: 10.4081/mr.2011.e5