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Current V3 genotyping algorithms are inadequate for predicting X4 co-receptor usage in clinical isolates.
AIDS (London, England) - 12 Sept 2007
Low Andrew J, Dong Winnie, Chan Dennison, Sing Tobias, Swanstrom Ronald, Jensen Mark, Pillai Satish, Good Benjamin, Harrigan P Richard
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Integrating CCR5 antagonists into clinical practice would benefit from accurate assays of co-receptor usage (CCR5 versus CXCR4) with fast turnaround and low cost. DESIGN: Published HIV V3-loop based predictors of co-receptor usage were compared with actual phenotypic tropism results in a large cohort of antiretroviral naive individuals to determine accuracy on clinical samples and identify areas for...
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