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Accumulation of drug resistance and loss of therapeutic options precede commonly used criteria for treatment failure in HIV-1 subtype-C-infected patients.
Antiviral therapy - 1 Jan 2012
Barth Roos E, Aitken Susan C, Tempelman Hugo, Geelen Sibyl P, van Bussel Erik M, Hoepelman Andy I M, Schuurman Rob, Wensing Annemarie M J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Virological monitoring is essential to identify antiretroviral treatment (ART) failure, but not widely available. Here, accumulation of resistance and consequences for second-line therapy were investigated in African HIV-1 subtype-C-infected patients. METHODS: A total of 836 patients initiated non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI)-based ART and received biannual HIV RNA monitoring....
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