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Response to antiretroviral therapy after a single, peripartum dose of nevirapine.
The New England journal of medicine - 11 Jan 2007
Lockman Shahin, Shapiro Roger L, Smeaton Laura M, Wester Carolyn, Thior Ibou, Stevens Lisa, Chand Fatima, Makhema Joseph, Moffat Claire, Asmelash Aida, Ndase Patrick, Arimi Peter, van Widenfelt Erik, Mazhani Loeto, Novitsky Vladimir, Lagakos Stephen, Essex Max
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A single dose of nevirapine during labor reduces perinatal transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) but often leads to viral nevirapine resistance mutations in mothers and infants. METHODS: We studied the response to nevirapine-based antiretroviral treatment among w...
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