Drug concentration heterogeneity facilitates the evolution of drug resistance.

doi:10.1073/pnas.95.20.11514

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Drug concentration heterogeneity facilitates the evolution of drug resistance.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 29 Sept 1998

Kepler T B, Perelson A S

Abstract excerpt

Pathogenic microorganisms use Darwinian processes to circumvent attempts at their control through chemotherapy. In the case of HIV-1 infection, in which drug resistance is a continuing problem, we show that in one-compartment systems, there is a relatively narrow window of drug concentrations tha...

Topics

Anti-HIV Agents
Biological Evolution
Drug Resistance, Microbial
HIV Infections
HIV-1
Humans
Mathematics
Models, Biological
Mutation
Virus Replication

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