Article
Sequential transmission and long-term persistence of an HIV strain partially resistant to protease inhibitors.
The new microbiologica - 1 Apr 2009
Polilli Ennio, Di Masi Francesco, Sozio Federica, Mazzotta Elena, Alterio Luciana, Cosentino Luana, Clerico Luigi, Perno Carlo Federico, Parruti Giustino
Abstract excerpt
Transmission of drug-resistant HIV-1 variants has been increasingly documented. The most commonly observed resistance-associated mutations are thymidine analogue mutations as well as non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor mutations. We report on a case of secondary transmission of a protease inhibitor (PI) primary mutation from an infected untreated subject to his sexual partner. Sequences isolated from...
Topics
- Adult
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Drug Resistance, Viral
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- HIV Infections
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Male
- Protease Inhibitors
- RNA, Viral
- Romania
- Viremia
