Interruption of Treatment with Individual Therapeutic Drug Classes in Adults with Multidrug‐Resistant HIV‐1 Infection
Author(s) -
Steven G. Deeks,
Rebecca Hoh,
Torsten B. Neilands,
Teri Liegler,
Francesca Aweeka,
Christos J. Petropoulos,
Robert M. Grant,
Jeffrey N. Martin
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1086/496892
Subject(s) - resistance mutation , drug resistance , multiple drug resistance , virology , protease inhibitor (pharmacology) , drug holiday , reverse transcriptase inhibitor , drug , medicine , viral load , virus , reverse transcriptase , lentivirus , sida , nucleoside , viral replication , viral disease , biology , immunology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , pharmacology , rna , antiretroviral therapy , microbiology and biotechnology , gene , biochemistry
Many antiretroviral-treated human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients experience sustained immunologic and virologic benefit despite the presence of multidrug-resistant HIV. We hypothesized that the use of simplified regimens could maintain treatment benefit while preventing viral evolution and reducing drug-related toxicity and costs.
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