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An association between K65R and HIV-1 subtype C viruses in patients treated with multiple NRTIs
Author(s) -
Erasmus Smit,
Ellen White,
Duncan A. Clark,
Duncan Churchill,
Hongyi Zhang,
Simon Collins,
Deenan Pillay,
Caroline Sabin,
Mark Nelson,
Alan Winston,
Sophie José,
Anna Tostevin,
David Dunn
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkx091
Subject(s) - human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virology , medicine , didanosine , sida , viral disease
HIV-1 subtype C might have a greater propensity to develop K65R mutations in patients with virological failure compared with other subtypes. However, the strong association between viral subtype and confounding factors such as exposure groups and ethnicity affects the calculation of this propensity. We exploited the diversity of viral subtypes within the UK to undertake a direct comparative analysis.

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