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HIV-1 infection in an individual homozygous for the CCR5 deletion allele

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Biti, R., Ffrench, R., Young, J. et al. HIV-1 infection in an individual homozygous for the CCR5 deletion allele. Nat Med 3, 252–253 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0397-252

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