Article
Genotype testing and antiretroviral resistance profiles from HIV-1 patients experiencing therapeutic failure in northeast Brazil.
The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases - 1 Aug 2007
Medeiros Melissa Soares, Arruda Erico Antônio Gomes, Guerrant Richard Littleton, Brown Christopher, Hammarskjold Marie-Louise, Rekosh David, Lima Aldo Angelo Moreira
Abstract excerpt
Genotype testing for HIV-1 drug resistance is useful for selecting antiretroviral drug regimens for patients experiencing therapeutic failure, but the optimal means for interpreting the test results is unknown because many HIV-1 protease and reverse transcriptase (RT) mutations contribute to drug...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Anti-HIV Agents
- Brazil
- CD4 Lymphocyte Count
- Child
- Drug Resistance, Viral
- Female
- Genotype
- HIV Infections
- HIV Protease
- HIV Reverse Transcriptase
- HIV-1