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Prevalence of drug resistance and associated mutations in HIV-positive Puerto Ricans: sex variations.
Ethnicity & disease - 1 Jan 2008
Cubano Luis A, Sepúlveda-Torres Lycely del C, Sosa Greychan, Boukli Nawal, Robles Rafaela, Rodriguez José W, Guzmán Lourdes, Ríos-Olivares Eddy
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INTRODUCTION: A cross sectional study was conducted from 2002-2004 to record the evolution of HIV-1 infection in Puerto Rico by monitoring the expression of antiretroviral resistance-associated mutations. METHODS: Samples were analyzed by using the TRUGENE HIV-1 Genotyping Kit and the OpenGene DNA Sequencing System. RESULTS: Mutations in the HIV-1 virus were detected in 92.7% of men and 94.8% of women. Of these,...
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