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Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 42, 2010 - Issue 5
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Reduced HIV-1 long terminal repeat transcription in subjects with protective interferon regulatory factor-1 genotype: A potential mechanism mediating resistance to infection by HIV-1

Hezhao Ji Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Terry Blake Ball Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Zhujun Ao Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Joshua Kimani Department of Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
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Xiaojian Yao Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Francis Allan Plummer Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; National Microbiology Laboratories, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Pages 389-394 | Received 06 Jul 2009, Accepted 17 Nov 2009, Published online: 26 Jan 2010

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