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Resistance testing.
Positively aware : the monthly journal of the Test Positive Aware Network - 1 Jan 2000
Munk B
Abstract excerpt
Clinical resistance, phenotypic resistance, genotypic resistance, and drug resistance are a few of the terms used to define resistance. Drug resistance refers to HIV's ability to live and multiply even when it is exposed to a lethal dose of antiviral drugs. Clinical resistance occurs when a patient's HIV disease gets worse despite using medications that are usually effective. Phenotypic resistance refers to HIV...
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