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Moderate levels of pre-therapy drug resistance (PDR) in a generalised epidemic: time for better first-line ART?
AIDS (London, England) - 1 Nov 2017
van Zyl Gert U, Grobbelaar Cornelis J, Claassen Mathilda, Bock Peter, Preiser Wolfgang
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The WHO-recommended first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) as a fixed dose combination (FDC) of efavirenz (EFV) and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) with lamivudine (3TC) or emtricitabine (FTC) has been preferred in the large scale unprecedented ART roll out in Southern Africa. Models and recent reports suggest that pre-ART HIV drug resistance (PDR) is increasing with high treatment coverage....
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