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Chemokine co-receptor usage in HIV-1-infected treatment-naïve voluntary counselling and testing clients in Southern Taiwan.
BMJ open - 29 Apr 2015
Tsai Hung-Chin, Chou Pei-Yun, Wann Shue-Ren, Lee Susan Shin-Jung, Chen Yao-Shen
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The goal of this present study was to determine the proportion of CCR5-tropic and CXCR4-tropic viruses and impact of tropism test on clinical presentation, CD4 cell counts, viral load and genotypic drug resistance from drug-naïve, voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) clients in southern Taiwan. DESIGN: This was a cross-sectional study. Plasma samples were collected from HIV-1-infected patients from...
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