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Identification of the K103N resistance mutation in Ugandan women receiving nevirapine to prevent HIV-1 vertical transmission.
AIDS (London, England) - 28 Jul 2000
Jackson J B, Becker-Pergola G, Guay L A, Musoke P, Mracna M, Fowler M G, Mofenson L M, Mirochnick M, Mmiro F, Eshleman S H
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: A recent trial in Uganda demonstrated that a simple, inexpensive regimen of nevirapine (NVP) prophylaxis can dramatically reduce HIV-1 vertical transmission risk. In this regimen, women receive a single dose of NVP at the onset of labor and infants receive a single dose of NVP within 72 h of birth. The objective of this study was to determine whether HIV-1 variants with NVP resistance mutations were...
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