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HIV-1 subtype is an independent predictor of reverse transcriptase mutation K65R in HIV-1 patients treated with combination antiretroviral therapy including tenofovir.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Feb 2013
Theys K, Vercauteren J, Snoeck J, Zazzi M, Camacho R J, Torti C, Schülter E, Clotet B, Sönnerborg A, De Luca A, Grossman Z, Struck D, Vandamme A-M, Abecasis A B
Abstract excerpt
Subtype-dependent selection of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase resistance mutation K65R was previously observed in cell culture and small clinical investigations. We compared K65R prevalence across subtypes A, B, C, F, G, and CRF02_AG separately in a cohort of 3,076 patients on combination therapy including tenofovir. K65R selection was significantly higher in HIV-1 subtype C. This could not be explained by clinical...
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