Article
Dynamics of HIV-1 quasispecies during antiviral treatment dissected using ultra-deep pyrosequencing.
PloS one - 7 Jul 2010
Hedskog Charlotte, Mild Mattias, Jernberg Johanna, Sherwood Ellen, Bratt Göran, Leitner Thomas, Lundeberg Joakim, Andersson Björn, Albert Jan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Ultra-deep pyrosequencing (UDPS) allows identification of rare HIV-1 variants and minority drug resistance mutations, which are not detectable by standard sequencing. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Here, UDPS was used to analyze the dynamics of HIV-1 genetic variation in reverse transcriptase (RT) (amino acids 180-220) in six individuals consecutively sampled before, during and after failing 3TC and AZT...
Topics
- Anti-HIV Agents
- Drug Resistance, Viral
- HIV Infections
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Mutation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
