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Drug resistance testing through remote genotyping and predicted treatment options in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infected Tanzanian subjects failing first or second line antiretroviral therapy.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Svärd Jenny, Mugusi Sabina, Mloka Doreen, Neogi Ujjwal, Meini Genny, Mugusi Ferdinand, Incardona Francesca, Zazzi Maurizio, Sönnerborg Anders
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INTRODUCTION: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been successfully introduced in low-middle income countries. However an increasing rate of ART failure with resistant virus is reported. We therefore described the pattern of drug resistance mutations at antiretroviral treatment (ART) failure in a real-life Tanzanian setting using the remote genotyping procedure and thereafter predicted future treatment options using...
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