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Prevalence of pretreatment drug resistance in persons initiating and reinitiating antiretroviral therapy in Sri Lanka: results from a national representative survey.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Jun 2023
Elwitigala J, Rajapaksa L, Inzaule S C, Ariyaratne K A M, Jayasena S, Kurle S, Patil A, Kale D, Siriwardna L, Samaraweera G, Perera H, Jayakody C
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BACKGROUND: We conducted a nationwide cross-sectional study to estimate pretreatment drug resistance (PDR) prevalence in adults initiating ART in Sri Lanka following the WHO's recommendations. METHODS: HIV drug resistance was determined on dried blood spots (DBSs) using population-based sequencing of the protease and reverse transcriptase genes and interpretation was based on Stanford HIVdb v9.0. Analyses were...
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