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Emergence of a Drug-Dependent Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Variant during Therapy with the T20 Fusion Inhibitor
26 Oct 2004
Abstract excerpt
The fusion inhibitor T20 belongs to a new class of anti-human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) drugs designed to block entry of the virus into the host cell. However, the success of T20 has met with the inevitable emergence of drug-resistant HIV-1 variants. We describe an evolutionary pathway taken by HIV-1 to escape from the selective pressure of T20 in a treated patient. Besides the appearance of...
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