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Virulence and reduced fitness of simian immunodeficiency virus with the M184V mutation in reverse transcriptase.
Journal of virology - 1 Jun 2002
Van Rompay Koen K A, Matthews Tim B, Higgins Joanne, Canfield Don R, Tarara Ross P, Wainberg Mark A, Schinazi Raymond F, Pedersen Niels C, North Thomas W
Abstract excerpt
Drug-resistant mutants with a methionine-to-valine substitution at position 184 of reverse transcriptase (M184V) emerged within 5 weeks of initiation of therapy in four newborn macaques infected with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIVmac251) and treated with lamivudine (3TC) or emtricitabine [(-)-FTC] (two animals per drug). Thus, this animal model mimics the rapid emergence of M184V mutants of HIV-1 during 3TC...
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