Article
Ordered appearance of zidovudine resistance mutations during treatment of 18 human immunodeficiency virus-positive subjects.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 1992
Boucher C A, O'Sullivan E, Mulder J W, Ramautarsing C, Kellam P, Darby G, Lange J M, Goudsmit J, Larder B A
Abstract excerpt
The order of appearance in the reverse transcriptase gene of four mutations implicated in the development of resistance to zidovudine was investigated by selective polymerase chain reaction. Serial human immunodeficiency virus isolates were studied from 18 initially asymptomatic individuals who had been treated with zidovudine for 2 years. Most subjects had similar patterns. The first mutation occurred...
Topics
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Codon
- Cohort Studies
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Genotype
- HIV
- HIV Infections
- HeLa Cells
- Homosexuality
- Humans
- Male
