Article
Genotype and antiretroviral drug resistance of human immunodeficiency virus-1 in Saudi Arabia.
Saudi medical journal - 1 Sept 2010
Jamjoom Ghazi A, Azhar Esam I, Madani Tariq A, Hindawi Salwa I, Bakhsh Hanaa A, Damanhouri Ghazi A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To analyze antiretroviral drug resistance and determine the genotype of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 in Saudi patients by sequencing an amplified region of the viral pol gene. METHODS: This retrospective study analyzed data from plasma samples submitted for genotypic drug sensitivity monitoring. Samples were analyzed at the Special Infectious Agent Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center of...
Topics
- Anti-HIV Agents
- Drug Resistance, Multiple, Viral
- Drug Resistance, Viral
- Genes, pol
- Genotype
- HIV Infections
- HIV Protease Inhibitors
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Retrospective Studies
- Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
