
Lucas H. answered 03/17/21
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I believe that only strains that utilize CCR5 protein to enter white blood cells (M-tropic) would not be able to infect these carriers. So, T-Tropic strains which use the CXCR4 protein to enter white blood cells would still affect these homozygous carriers.