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Resistance and replicative capacity of HIV-1 strains selected in vivo by long-term enfuvirtide treatment.
The new microbiologica - 1 Apr 2004
Menzo S, Castagna A, Monachetti A, Hasson H, Danise A, Carini E, Bagnarelli P, Lazzarin A, Clementi M
Abstract excerpt
Enfuvirtide is the prototype member of a new class of anti HIV-1 agents, the fusion inhibitors (FI). In recent clinical trials, the compound has shown its efficacy in combination with other antiretroviral agents in vivo. However mutant strains resistant to the action of the drug arise quite rapidly in vitro and in vivo. To analyze the process of selection and evolution of HIV-1 strains resistant to enfuvirtide in...
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