Search

Your search keyword '"Senior, Kathryn"' showing total 1 results
1 results on '"Senior, Kathryn"'

1. Natural selection may reduce susceptibility to AIDS.

Author

Senior, Kathryn

Subjects
*HIV, *NATURAL selection, *CHEMOKINES, *AIDS, *NATURAL immunity, *GENETICS
Abstract

Discusses a study which shows that the high prevalence of HIV in Africa creates conditions for natural selection of variants that affect the time between HIV infection and the onset of AIDS. Selection pressures exerted on CCR5, a cell-surface receptor for chemokines; Expectation that the HIV epidemic will also affect alleles associated with resistance to HIV infection; Other genetic factors that might increase resistance to AIDS.

Published
2001
Full Text
View/download PDF

Catalog

Books, media, physical & digital resources
See catalog results