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Changes in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 populations after treatment interruption in patients failing antiretroviral therapy.
Journal of virology - 1 Jul 2001
Hance A J, Lemiale V, Izopet J, Lecossier D, Joly V, Massip P, Mammano F, Descamps D, Brun-Vézinet F, Clavel F
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) reverse transcriptase and protease that confer resistance to antiretroviral agents are usually accompanied by a reduction in the viral replicative capacity under drug-free conditions. Consequently, when antiretroviral treatment is interrupted in HIV-1-infected patients harboring drug-resistant virus, resistant quasi-species appear to be most often replaced...
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