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Non-infectious fluorimetric assay for phenotyping of drug-resistant HIV proteinase mutants.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 May 2006
Majerová-Uhlíková Tat'ána, Dantuma Nico P, Lindsten Kristina, Masucci Maria G, Konvalinka Jan
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BACKGROUND: The introduction of HIV proteinase inhibitors (PIs) as anti-AIDS drugs resulted in decreased mortality and prolonged life expectancy of HIV-positive patients. However, rapid selection of drug-resistant HIV variants is a common complication in patients undergoing highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART). Thus, monitoring of clinical resistance development is indispensable for rational...
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