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 infected with HIV. The emergence or persistence of these mutations was studied in sequential samples of 19 patients....
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