Article
HIV-1 evolution under pressure of protease inhibitors: climbing the stairs of viral fitness.
Journal of biomedical science - 1 Jan 2000
Berkhout B
Abstract excerpt
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) has evolved into a viral quasispecies with a high replication capacity or fitness. Antiretroviral drugs potently inhibit replication of the wild-type virus, but HIV-1 responds by selection of drug-resistant variants. Here we review, in brief, the evolution...
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