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Fitness variations and their impact on the evolution of antiretroviral drug resistance.
Current drug targets. Infectious disorders - 1 Dec 2003
Menéndez-Arias Luis, Martínez Miguel A, Quiñones-Mateu Miguel E, Martinez-Picado Javier
Abstract excerpt
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) exhibits extensive heterogeneity due to its rapid turnover, high mutation rate, and high frequency of recombination. Its remarkable genetic diversity plays a key role in virus adaptation, including development of drug resistance. The increasing complexity of antiretroviral regimens has favored selection of HIV variants harboring multiple drug resistance mutations. Evolution...
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