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Transmission of triple-class, drug-resistant HIV-1 in Australia.
Internal medicine journal - 1 Sept 2010
Tong W W Y, McAllister J, White P A, Kelleher A D, Carr A
Abstract excerpt
We report the first two cases of transmitted triple-class, drug-resistant HIV-1 in Australia. Baseline testing of a newly diagnosed man showed four reverse transcriptase resistance mutations (affecting two drug classes) and six protease resistance mutations. A source patient was identified, and a likely second case newly infected 1 year later, suggesting sequential transmission. This raises therapeutic...
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