Article
Genotypic resistance in HIV-1-infected patients with persistently detectable low-level viremia while receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Oct 2004
Nettles Richard E, Kieffer Tara L, Simmons Rachel P, Cofrancesco Joseph, Moore Richard D, Gallant Joel E, Persaud Deborah, Siliciano Robert F
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Technical limitations in the sensitivity of commercial genotyping methods may prevent clinicians from determining whether drug-resistant human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is present in patients with low-level viremia. We performed ultrasensitive HIV-1 genotyping for patients...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Anti-HIV Agents
- Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active
- Drug Resistance, Viral
- Female
- Genotype
- HIV Infections
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Male
