Article
Prevalence of HIV-1 drug resistance in antiretroviral-naive pregnant Thai women.
The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health - 1 Dec 2002
Auswinporn Somsri, Jenwitheesuk Ekachai, Panburana Panyu, Sirinavin Sayomporn, Vibhagool Asda, Chantratita Wasun
Abstract excerpt
HIV-1 drug resistance may limit the use of antiretrovirals when attempting to reduce the vertical transmission rate. Establishing the prevalence of the HIV-1 mutations associated with antiretroviral resistance in pregnant women will enable clinicians to maximize the chances of preventing vertical transmission. In order to determine the prevalence of HIV-1 resistant strains among antiretroviral-naive pregnant Thai...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Anti-HIV Agents
- Drug Resistance, Viral
- Endopeptidases
- Female
- Gene Deletion
- Genes, pol
- HIV Infections
- HIV Reverse Transcriptase
- HIV-1
- Heterozygote
- Homozygote
- Humans
