[Resistance of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to zidovudine. Genotypic analysis in strains isolated from Chilean patients].

Article

[Resistance of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to zidovudine. Genotypic analysis in strains isolated from Chilean patients].

Revista medica de Chile - 1 Jan 1998

Vial P A, Vial C, Abarca K, Noriega M, Jiménez G, Labarca J, Gasep J, Palacios O, Pérez C, Acuña G

Abstract excerpt

BACKGROUND: Resistance of HIV to AZT is the result of mutations in the pol gene that codifies the enzyme reverse transcriptase. AIM: To assess the resistance to antiretroviral drugs in Chilean patients infected with HIV. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The presence of mutations was searched in 22 patients...

Topics

Anti-HIV Agents
Chile
Codon
Drug Resistance
Follow-Up Studies
Genotype
HIV
HIV Infections
Humans
Mutation
Prospective Studies
Zidovudine

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