1999
Sex Differences in Longitudinal Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA Levels among Seroconverters
Sterling T, Lyles C, Vlahov D, Astemborski J, Margolick J, Quinn T. Sex Differences in Longitudinal Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA Levels among Seroconverters. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 1999, 180: 666-672. PMID: 10438353, DOI: 10.1086/314967.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA levelsHIV-1 seroconvertersSex differencesCopies/mLHIV-1 pathogenesisInjection drug usersCase-control studyTime of seroconversionCross-sectional studyCourse of infectionMale patientsRapid progressorsFemale patientsCopies/Drug usersMale controlsVirus levelsPatientsRNA levelsSeroconvertersWomenMenNonprogressorsSeroconversionProgressors
1996
Genetic Restriction of HIV-1 Infection and Progression to AIDS by a Deletion Allele of the CKR5 Structural Gene
Dean M, Carrington M, Winkler C, Huttley G, Smith M, Allikmets R, Goedert J, Buchbinder S, Vittinghoff E, Gomperts E, Donfield S, Vlahov D, Kaslow R, Saah A, Rinaldo C, Detels R, O'Brien S. Genetic Restriction of HIV-1 Infection and Progression to AIDS by a Deletion Allele of the CKR5 Structural Gene. Science 1996, 273: 1856-1862. PMID: 8791590, DOI: 10.1126/science.273.5283.1856.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeBase SequenceChromosome MappingChromosomes, Human, Pair 3Cohort StudiesDisease ProgressionGenesHemophilia AHeterozygoteHIV InfectionsHIV-1Homosexuality, MaleHomozygoteHumansImmunity, InnateMaleMolecular Sequence DataReceptors, CCR5Receptors, CytokineReceptors, HIVRisk FactorsSequence DeletionSurvival AnalysisConceptsHIV-1 infectionHIV-1-infected individualsAntibody-negative individualsCohort studyRapid progressorsHuman immunodeficiencyDisease progressionRisk groupsT lymphocytesGenetic restrictionSurvival analysisInfected individualsDeletion alleleCaucasian populationInfectionAIDSProgressionHuman chromosome 3p21Secondary receptorGroup of individualsChromosome 3p21Certain strainsDeletion homozygotesIndividualsProgressors