Review Article
Pharmacokinetic, Pharmacogenetic, and Other Factors Influencing CNS Penetration of Antiretrovirals
Table 2
Some reported frequencies of CYP2B6 polymorphism in different African populations.
| Population | Frequency (%) | Number of subjects | Reference |
| African American | 20 | 50 | [48] | African American | 36 | 85 | [49] | African American | 34 | 93 | [152] | Tanzanians | 36 | 95 | [153] | Malawians | 31 (15) | 26 | [60] | Ghanaians | 46 | 42 | [152] | Ghanaians | 25 | 800 | [78] | Ethiopians | 45.5 (8.7) | 262 | [45] | Ivory coast | 38 | 41 | [152] | Sierra Leone | 36 | 52 | [152] | Senegal | 60 | 10 | [152] | Guinea | 48 | 21 | [152] | West Africa | 42 | 166 | [152] | West Africa | 50 | 153 | [49] | Yoruba (Ibadan, Nigeria) | 35 | 78 | [49] | South Africa | 41 (23) | 80 | [154] | Xhosa (South Africa) | 17 | 109 | [155] | CMA (South Africa) | 9 | 67 | [155] | Botswana | 36.6 | 101 | [156] | Zimbabwe | 49 | 71 | [76] | Uganda | 35.6 | 121 | [63] | Uganda | 29 | 7 males | [13] | Mozambique | 7 | 78 | [14] |
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GT (TT) and loss of function CYP2B618.
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