Volume 15, No 11, Nov 2005

ISSN: 1001-0602 
EISSN: 1748-7838 2018 
impact factor 17.848* 
(Clarivate Analytics, 2019)

Volume 15 Issue 11, November 2005: 833-842

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Global human genetics of HIV-1 infection and China

Tuo Fu ZHU^1,2,3, Tie Jian FENG⁴, Xin XIAO⁵, Hui WANG⁶ and Bo Ping ZHOU⁶

¹Departments of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195-8070, USA
²Departments of Microbiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195-8070, USA
³Programs in Infectious Diseases, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98195-8070, USA
⁴Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, China
⁵Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
⁶Shenzhen Municipal Hospital of Infectious Diseases, Shenzhen, China.
Correspondence: Tuo Fu ZHU,(tzhu@u.washington.edu)

Genetic polymorphisms in human genes can influence the risk for HIV-1 infection and disease progression, although the reported effects of these alleles have been inconsistent. This review highlights the recent discoveries on global and Chinese genetic polymorphisms and their association with HIV-1 transmission and disease progression.

Cell Research (2005) 15, 833–842. doi:10.1038/sj.cr.7290355

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