Are defensin beta 1 gene polymorphisms associated with HIV infection and virus replication?

AIDS. 2009 Mar 13;23(5):647-9; author reply 649-50. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283277247.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • HIV Infections / genetics*
  • HIV-1 / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide*
  • Virus Replication
  • beta-Defensins / genetics*

Substances

  • DEFB1 protein, human
  • beta-Defensins