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Transmitted drug resistance among antiretroviral-naive patients with established HIV type 1 infection in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and review of the Latin American and Caribbean literature.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Jul 2012
Myers Julie E, Taylor Barbara S, Rojas Fermín Rita A, Reyes Emily Virginia, Vaughan Catherine, José Lina, Javier Carmen, Franco Estévez Ramona, Donastorg Cabral Yeycy, Batista Arelis, Lie Yolanda, Coakley Eoin, Hammer Scott M, Brudney Karen
Abstract excerpt
Emergence of HIV resistance is a concerning consequence of global scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART). To date, there is no published information about HIV resistance from the Dominican Republic. The study's aim was to determine the prevalence of transmitted drug resistance (TDR) to reverse transcriptase and protease inhibitors in a sample of chronically HIV-1-infected patients in one clinic in Santo...
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