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Profile of drug resistance mutations among HIV-1-infected Tunisian subjects failing antiretroviral therapy.
Archives of virology - 1 Jan 2008
Jlizi A, Ben Ammar El Gaaied A, Slim A, Tebourski F, Ben Mamou M, Ben Chaabane T, Letaief-Omezzine A, Chakroun M, Garbouj M, Ben Rejeb S
Abstract excerpt
Three years after the introduction of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Tunisia (North Africa), we aimed to determine the prevalence of drug resistance mutations in Tunisian HIV-1-infected patients failing ART. Plasma samples of 80 patients were tested for genotypic resistance using two distinct line probe assays, LiPA HIV-1 reverse transcriptase RT and LiPA HIV-1 protease assay. Of the 80 patients, 82.5% showed...
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