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Surveillance of transmitted resistance to antiretroviral drug classes among young children in the Western Cape Province of South Africa.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal - 1 Apr 2010
van Zyl Gert U, Cotton Mark F, Claassen Mathilda, Abrahams Charmaine, Preiser Wolfgang
Abstract excerpt
There are limited data on transmitted antiretroviral resistance in young children who require antiretroviral therapy. We adapted the World Health Organization surveillance strategy, testing antiretroviral naive infants (<18 months) in the Western Cape Province of South Africa, and detecting only 3 non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTI) and no NRTI or protease inhibitor surveillance mutations in...
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