Article
Subtype-Specific Patterns in HIV Type 1 Reverse Transcriptase and Protease in Oyo State, Nigeria: Implications for Drug Resistance and Host Response
1 Aug 2006
Abstract excerpt
As the use of antiretroviral therapy becomes more widespread across Africa, it is imperative to characterize baseline molecular variability and subtype-specific peculiarities of drug targets in non-subtype B HIV-1 infection. We sequenced and analyzed 35 reverse transcriptase (RT) and 43 protease (PR) sequences from 50 therapy-naive HIV-1-infected Nigerians. Phylogenetic analyses of RT revealed that the...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
