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Increased Frequency of HIV-1 Viral Load Blip Rate Observed After Switching From Roche Cobas Amplicor to Cobas Taqman Assay
22 Jun 2009
Abstract excerpt
To the Editor: HIV-1 viral load is used as a surrogate marker for antiretroviral drug therapy success. Virological success is usually defined as a having a viral load of less than 50 copies per milliliter, often referred to as “undetectable.” It has been shown that viral evolution below this limit of detection is generally too low to allow significant viral resistance to occur under a 3-drug regimen.1 Continual...
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