Diagnosing Drug Resistance in Low-Resource Settings: Practical Approaches
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Assessments of HIV drug resistance mutations in resource-limited settings.
At the end of 2009, 5.25 million persons were receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) worldwide, representing an 10fold increase over a period of 5 years [1]. The global scale-up of ART has led to an inevitable increase in HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) and a pool of resistant virus available to establish new infections. The report by Sungkanuparph et al in this issue highlights the need for streng...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1201-9712
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2010.02.2216