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Decline in the rate of genotypic resistance to antiretroviral drugs in recent HIV seroconverters in Madrid.
AIDS (London, England) - 6 Sept 2002
de Mendoza Carmen, del Romero Jorge, Rodríguez Carmen, Corral Angélica, Soriano Vincent
Abstract excerpt
Genotypic resistance to antiretroviral drugs was analysed in plasma from 57 acute or recent HIV seroconverters in Madrid. The overall prevalence of drug-associated primary resistance mutations was 25.8% in 1997-1999, but declined to 3.8% in 2000-2001. The lower rate in recent years suggested that most new HIV infections derive from viraemic individuals unaware of their HIV- positive status, rather than from those...
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