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Virological significance, prevalence and genetic basis of hypersusceptibility to nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors.
Sexual health - 1 Jan 2004
Tachedjian Gilda, Mijch Anne
Abstract excerpt
Nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTI) are used to treat HIV-infected individuals in combination with nucleoside analogues (NRTI) and protease inhibitors. Long-term treatment with antiretroviral agents results in the emergence of strains with decreased susceptibility (resistance) to the drugs and is one of the major factors in loss of drug efficacy. Conversely, there have been recent reports of...
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