Article
Transmitted Drug Resistance Mutations in Antiretroviral-Naïve Injection Drug Users with Chronic HIV-1 Infection in Iran.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Memarnejadian Arash, Menbari Shahoo, Mansouri Seyed Ali, Sadeghi Leila, Vahabpour Rouhollah, Aghasadeghi Mohammad Reza, Mostafavi Ehsan, Abdi Mohammad
Abstract excerpt
The growing incidence and transmission of drug resistant HIV-1 strains due to widespread use of antiretroviral therapy (ART) can jeopardize the success of first-line ART. While there is a known moderate prevalence of transmitted drug resistance (TDR) among newly infected Iranians, no data exist about the rate of these primary resistance mutations among the ART-naïve, chronically infected individuals who are, in...
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