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The influence of protease inhibitor resistance profiles on selection of HIV therapy in treatment-naive patients.
Antiviral therapy - 1 Jun 2004
Turner Dan, Schapiro Jonathan M, Brenner Bluma G, Wainberg Mark A
Abstract excerpt
Although protease inhibitors (PIs) have dramatically improved outcomes in HIV-infected patients, half still fail treatment with PI-based combination therapy. Genetic pressure from incomplete viral suppression rapidly selects for HIV variants with protease gene mutations that confer reduced susceptibility to PI drugs. A number of specific amino acid substitutions have been associated with PI resistance. However,...
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