Studies show increased incidence of drug-resistant virus.

Abstract excerpt

Studies show that drug-resistant versions of HIV are circulating in wide areas of the United States, making future treatment problematic. Up to 30 percent of newly infected patients are carrying forms of HIV that are already resistant to at least one of the 13 antiretrovirals in combination-drug therapy. HIV can easily mutate into strains that are no longer vulnerable to drugs used to kill the virus. Lack of...

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

• Share to Drug Resistance, Microbial
• Share to HIV-1
• Share to HIV Infections