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Phenotypic assays become widely available.
GMHC treatment issues : the Gay Men's Health Crisis newsletter of experimental AIDS therapies - 1 Jun 1998
Gilden D
Abstract excerpt
Genotypic testing has several drawbacks. It can overlook the gene makeup of minor HIV subpopulations in a person's body, and it can over-estimate or under-estimate the importance of some HIV mutations. Using cell culture assays to determine HIV resistance to drugs is called phenotypic testing. Phenotypic testing is considered a more ideal test than genotypic testing, but typically has been very expensive and has...
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