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A simple screening approach to reduce B*5701-associated abacavir hypersensitivity on the basis of sequence variation in HIV reverse transcriptase.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Jun 2007
Chui Celia K S, Brumme Zabrina L, Brumme Chanson J, Yip Benita, Phillips Elizabeth J, Montaner Julio S G, Harrigan P Richard
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Abacavir hypersensitivity is strongly associated with the human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B*5701 allele; however, the cost of routine high-resolution HLA typing before initiation of therapy remains prohibitive. We propose a simple approach to reduce B*5701-associated abacavir hypersensitivity based on the screening of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) reverse transcriptase (RT) for a signature...
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