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Simple PCR assays improve the sensitivity of HIV-1 subtype B drug resistance testing and allow linking of resistance mutations.
PloS one - 25 Jul 2007
Johnson Jeffrey A, Li Jin-Fen, Wei Xierong, Lipscomb Jonathan, Bennett Diane, Brant Ashley, Cong Mian-Er, Spira Thomas, Shafer Robert W, Heneine Walid
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The success of antiretroviral therapy is known to be compromised by drug-resistant HIV-1 at frequencies detectable by conventional bulk sequencing. Currently, there is a need to assess the clinical consequences of low-frequency drug resistant variants occurring below the detection lim...
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