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Assessing the impact of adherence to anti-retroviral therapy on treatment failure and resistance evolution in HIV.
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface - 7 Sept 2012
Cadosch Dominique, Bonhoeffer Sebastian, Kouyos Roger
Abstract excerpt
The adherence of patients to therapy is a crucial factor for successful HIV anti-retroviral therapy. Imperfect adherence may lead to treatment failure, which can cause the emergence of resistance within viral populations. We have developed a stochastic model that incorporates compartments of latently infected cells and virus genotypes with different susceptibilities to three simultaneously used drugs. With this...
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