Prevalence of antiretroviral drug resistance among treatment-naive and treated HIV-infected patients in Venezuela

Prevalence of antiretroviral drug resistance among treatment-naive and treated HIV-infected patients in Venezuela

An in-house, low-cost method was developed to determine the genotypic resistance of immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) isolates. All 179 Venezuelan isolates analysed belonged to subtype B. Primary drug resistance mutations were found in 11% of 63 treatment-naïve patients. The prevalence of resist...

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Main Authors: Héctor Rafael Rangel, Domingo José Garzaro, Jaime Rafael Torres, Julio Castro, Jose Antonio Suarez, Laura Naranjo, John Ossenkopp, Nahír Martinez, Cristina Gutierrez, Flor Helene Pujol
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2009-05-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
HIV
genotypic resistance
diagnostic
Venezuela
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762009000300020

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