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Resistance-associated mutations after initial antiretroviral treatment failure in a large cohort of patients infected with HIV-1 subtype CRF01_AE.
Current HIV research - 1 Dec 2012
Praparattanapan Jutarat, Kotarathitithum Wilai, Chaiwarith Romanee, Nuntachit Nontakan, Sirisanthana Thira, Supparatpinyo Khuanchai
Abstract excerpt
The nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs), zidovudine (AZT) and stavudine (d4T) are thymidine analog drugs recommended as first-line antiretroviral therapy in HIV-1-naive patients. Two thymidine analog mutation (TAM) pathways, TAM-1 and TAM-2, confer high levels of resistance with mutations in the viral RT. The relative prevalence of TAM pathways and their associations with other NRTI resistance...
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