Prevalence of CCR5delta32 in Northeastern Iran.

Amir TajbakhshMostafa FazeliMehdi RezaeeFaezeh GhasemiMastoureh Momen HeraviAida GholoobiZahra Meshkat

Published in: BMC medical genetics (2019)

This study was the first investigation for an assessment of the prevalence of CCR5∆32 in northeastern Iran. The low prevalence of CCR5∆32 allele in the Iranian population may result in the increased susceptibility to HIV-1. In addition, this prevalence is the same as that of reported in East Asia, while is lower than that in the Europeans.

Keyphrases

risk factors
dendritic cells
regulatory t cells
hepatitis c virus
human immunodeficiency virus
immune response
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