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Protection against rectal transmission of an emtricitabine-resistant simian/human immunodeficiency virus SHIV162p3M184V mutant by intermittent prophylaxis with Truvada.
Journal of virology - 1 Aug 2011
Cong Mian-Er, Youngpairoj Ae S, Zheng Qi, Aung Wutyi, Mitchell James, Sweeney Elizabeth, Hanson Debra L, Hendry R Michael, Dobard Charles, Heneine Walid, García-Lerma J Gerardo
Abstract excerpt
Daily preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with Truvada (emtricitabine [FTC] and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate [TDF]) is a novel HIV prevention strategy recently found to reduce HIV incidence among men who have sex with men. We used a macaque model of HIV transmission to investigate if Truvada maintains prophylactic efficacy against an FTC-resistant isolate containing the M184V mutation. Five macaques received a dose...
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