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Primary resistance of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in a reference center in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 Dec 2006
de Medeiros Luzidalva Barbosa, Lacerda Heloísa Ramos, Cavalcanti Ana Maria Salustiano, de Albuquerque Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão
Abstract excerpt
To assess the prevalence of primary resistance of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) to antiretrovirals, 84 patients chronically infected with HIV without prior antiretroviral treatment from Northeast Brazil were studied. Genotyping was performed using the ViroSeq Genotyping System. Thimidine analog mutations occurred in 3 (3.6%) patients. Accessory mutations related to NRTI occurred in 6 (7.1%) and...
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