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Evidence for selection at HIV host susceptibility genes in a West Central African human population

BACKGROUND: HIV-1 derives from multiple independent transfers of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) strains from chimpanzees to human populations. We hypothesized that human populations in west central Africa may have been exposed to SIV prior to the pandemic, and that previous outbreaks may have s...

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Autores principales: Zhao, Kai, Ishida, Yasuko, Oleksyk, Taras K, Winkler, Cheryl A, Roca, Alfred L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3537702/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23217182
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-12-237