Article
Frequency of protease and reverse transcriptase drug resistance mutations in naïve HIV-infected patients.
Archives of medical research - 1 Nov 2006
Valle-Bahena Olivia M, Ramos-Jiménez Javier, Ortiz-López Rocío, Revol Agnès, Lugo-Trampe Angel, Barrera-Saldaña Hugo A, Rojas-Martínez Augusto
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Infections with drug-resistant HIV viruses in naïve subjects may cause antiretroviral (ARV) treatment failure. The prevalence of ARV resistance mutations in HIV-1 transcripts of infected naïve patients from northeast Mexico was determined in this study. METHODS: RNA was extracted from plasma samples of 42 naïve individuals who were diagnosed between February 2001 and September 2003 as HIV-1 infected....
Topics
- Adult
- Anti-HIV Agents
- Drug Resistance, Viral
- Female
- HIV Infections
- HIV Protease
- HIV Reverse Transcriptase
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged