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Viral tropism and antiretroviral drug resistance in HIV-1 subtype C-infected patients failing highly active antiretroviral therapy in Johannesburg, South Africa.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Mar 2014
Ketseoglou Irene, Lukhwareni Azwidowi, Steegen Kim, Carmona Sergio, Stevens Wendy S, Papathanasopoulos Maria A
Abstract excerpt
Reports show that up to 30% of antiretroviral drug-naive patients in Johannesburg have CXCR4-utilizing HIV-1 subtype C. We assessed whether HIV-1 subtype C-infected individuals failing highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) have a higher proportion of CXCR4-utilizing viruses compared to antiretroviral drug-naive patients. The V3 loop was sequenced from plasma from 100 randomly selected HAART-failing...
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