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Epidemics
Reports outline epidemics study findings from University of Zagreb
May 12th, 2009
According to recent research from Zagreb, Croatia, " To assess the frequency of 32 base pair deletion in CCR5 (CCR5 Delta 32), which has been shown to confer resistance to HIV infection in a homozygous form, in 10 isolated island communities of Dalmatia, Croatia, with different histories of exposure to epidemics during and since the medieval period. In 2002, DNA analysis of 100 randomly selected individuals from each of the 10 isolated communities of 5 Croatian islands (Susak, Rab, Vis, Lastovo, and Mljet) showed high levels of 3-generational endogamy, indicating limited gene flow." "Five of the communities were decimated by epidemics of unknown cause between...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-05-12)
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