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HIV drug resistance transmission threshold survey in Bangkok, Thailand.
Antiviral therapy - 1 Jan 2008
Sirivichayakul Sunee, Phanuphak Praphan, Pankam Tippawan, O-Charoen Rachanee, Sutherland Donald, Ruxrungtham Kiat
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) began in Thailand in the Bangkok Metropolitan Area (BMA) in 1988 and scale-up began in 2001. The national first-line regimen is stavudine, lamivudine and nevirapine in fixed-dose combination, which is a regimen with a low genetic barrier for resistance. Because viral load and resistance testing are not widely available, unidentified HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) may occur...
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