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Antiretroviral drug resistance mutations in antiretroviral-naive prisoners.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Oct 2002
Stone David R, Corcoran Colleen, Wurcel Alysse, McGovern Barbara, Quirk James, Brewer Arthur, Sutton Lorraine, D'Aquila Richard T
Abstract excerpt
We assessed the incidence of antiretroviral drug resistance in a cohort of 25 antiretroviral-naive, human immunodeficiency virus-positive inmates in Massachusetts. Silent mutations, unexpected mutations at resistant sites, and resistance mutations were recorded. Among these inmates, we found a prevalence of drug resistance mutations that was equivalent to the prevalence previously found in nonprison populations...
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