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Clinical implications of identifying non-B subtypes of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Sept 2000
Walter E A, Gilliam B, Delmar J A, Spooner K, Morris J T, Aronson N, Wegner S A, Michael N L, Jagodzinski L L
Abstract excerpt
Although human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection in the United States has predominantly involved subtype B, increasing global travel is leading to wider dissemination of genetically heterogeneous subtypes. While physicians depend on HIV-1 viral load measurements to guide antiretroviral therapy, commonly used molecular assays may underestimate the viral load of patients with non-B subtypes. Nine...
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