Article
Primary drug resistance in antiretroviral-naïve injection drug users.
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 1 Sept 2009
Tossonian Harout K, Raffa Jesse D, Grebely Jason, Viljoen Mark, Mead Annabel, Khara Milan, McLean Mark, Krishnamurthy Ashok, DeVlaming Stanley, Conway Brian
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the prevalence of primary HIV drug resistance in a population of 128 injection drug users (48 female) prior to initiating antiretroviral therapy. METHODS: Genotypic and phenotypic profiles were obtained retrospectively for the period June 1996 to February 2007. Genotypic...
Topics
- Adult
- Anti-HIV Agents
- Canada
- Drug Resistance, Viral
- Female
- Genotype
- HIV Infections
- HIV Protease
- HIV Protease Inhibitors
- HIV Reverse Transcriptase
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Male
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Middle Aged