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Naturally selected rilpivirine-resistant HIV-1 variants by host cellular immunity.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Oct 2013
Gatanaga Hiroyuki, Murakoshi Hayato, Hachiya Atsuko, Hayashida Tsunefusa, Chikata Takayuki, Ode Hirotaka, Tsuchiya Kiyoto, Sugiura Wataru, Takiguchi Masafumi, Oka Shinichi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Rilpivirine is listed as an alternative key drug in current antiretroviral therapy (ART) guidelines. E138G/A/K in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) reverse transcriptase (RT) are rilpivirine resistance-associated mutations and can be identified in a few ART-naive patients, although at low frequency. The 138th position in HIV-1 RT is located in one of the putative epitopes of human leukocyte...
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