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Minority HIV-1 drug resistance mutations are present in antiretroviral treatment-naïve populations and associate with reduced treatment efficacy.
PLoS medicine - 29 Jul 2008
Johnson Jeffrey A, Li Jin-Fen, Wei Xierong, Lipscomb Jonathan, Irlbeck David, Craig Charles, Smith Amanda, Bennett Diane E, Monsour Michael, Sandstrom Paul, Lanier E Randall, Heneine Walid
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Transmitted HIV-1 drug resistance can compromise initial antiretroviral therapy (ART); therefore, its detection is important for patient management. The absence of drug-associated selection pressure in treatment-naïve persons can cause drug-resistant viruses to decline to levels undetectable by conventional bulk sequencing (minority drug-resistant variants). We used sensitive and simple tests to...
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