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Genotypic resistance mutations to antiretroviral drugs in HIV-1 B and non-B subtypes from Cuba.
Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health - 1 Sept 2001
Ruibal-Brunet I J, Cuevas M T, Díaz-Torres H, Villahermosa M L, Noa-Romero E, Vázquez de Parga E, Blanco de Armas M, Pérez-Alvarez L
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of drug resistance and to analyze the subtyping in HIV-1 samples from Cuba. METHODS: From an estimated total number of 1,950 HIV-1-infected persons in Cuba, a sample of 103 patients were studied, 76 of whom had received drug treatment for HIV and 27 who had not. The RNA plasma viral load was measured, and automated sequencing was used to assess resistance mutations to...
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