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HIV-1 drug resistance-associated mutations among HIV-1 infected drug-naïve antenatal clinic attendees in rural Kenya.
BMC infectious diseases - 4 Nov 2013
Kiptoo Michael, Brooks James, Lihana Raphael W, Sandstrom Paul, Ng'ang'a Zipporah, Kinyua Joyceline, Lagat Nancy, Okoth Fredrick, Songok Elijah M
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BACKGROUND: Access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) has increased dramatically in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Kenya, 560,000 people had access to ART by the end of 2011. This scaling up of ART has raised challenges to the Kenyan health system due to emergence of drug resistant viruses among those on treatment and possible onward transmission. To counter this, and come up with an effective treatment strategy, it has...
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