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Mutation N155H in HIV-2 integrase confers high phenotypic resistance to raltegravir and impairs replication capacity.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Oct 2009
Salgado María, Toro Carlos, Simón Ainhoa, Garrido Carolina, Blanco Francisco, Soriano Vincent, Rodés Berta
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Raltegravir has been shown to be active against wildtype HIV-2 with a phenotypic susceptibility similar to HIV-1. Due to the recent introduction of these novel inhibitors, information on the selection of resistance mutations and its phenotypic effect in this population is scarce. OBJECTIVES: To explore in vitro the effect of raltegravir resistance in one individual with HIV-2 infection who failed...
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