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The competing roles of virus replication and hepatocyte death rates in the emergence of drug-resistant mutants: theoretical considerations.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Dec 2005
Litwin Samuel, Toll Eugene, Jilbert Allison R, Mason William S
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Lamivudine therapy of individuals chronically infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) may eventually fail due to the emergence of drug-resistant mutants. Nonetheless, the durability of the response generally exceeds 6-12 months. This durability appeared surprising in view of published evidence that the replication rate of drug-resistant mutants might be at least 10% of the replication rate of uninhibited wild-type...
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