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Primary HIV-1 drug resistance and polymorphic patterns among injecting drug users (IDUs) in Chennai, Southern India.
Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (Chicago, Ill. : 2002) - 1 Jan 2000
Iqbal H Syed, Solomon Sunil S, Madhavan Vidya, Solomon Suniti, Balakrishnan P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: India has 1.1 million injecting drug users (IDUs) with an HIV prevalence rate as high as 64%. Drug resistance screening before therapy is beneficial to the individual. Here, we have studied primary drug resistance among IDUs in Chennai. METHODS: Specimens (n = 55) collected between March 2005 and April 2006 were subjected to genotyping assay. The mutations for the drug resistance were...
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