Article
Zidovudine-resistant human immunodeficiency virus type 1 genomes detected in plasma distinct from viral genomes in peripheral blood mononuclear cells.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Feb 1993
Smith M S, Koerber K L, Pagano J S
Abstract excerpt
The emergence of zidovudine (3'-azido-2',3'-deoxythymidine)-resistant strains of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) from AIDS patients treated with zidovudine has been linked to six amino acid substitutions localized within the viral polymerase gene. Here, in 2 patients, three resistance...
Topics
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- DNA, Viral
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Genotype
- HIV Reverse Transcriptase
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear
- Mutation
- Plasma
