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HIV Drug Resistance Surveillance Among Jamaican Men Who Have Sex with Men Should Be Prioritized for Reducing HIV Transmission.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Aug 2015
Collins-Fairclough Aneisha M, Dennis Ann M, Nelson Julie A E, Weir Sharon S, Figueroa J Peter
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is highest among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Jamaica but no genotypic data are available on the virus strains that are responsible for the epidemic among this key population. HIV-1 polymerase (pol) genes from 65 MSM were sequenced and used to predict drug resistance mutations. An HIV drug resistance prevalence of 28% (minimum 13%) was observed...
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