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Antiretroviral Treatment Simplification With 2-Drug Regimens: Impact of Transmitted Drug Resistance Mutations
Author(s) -
Harald H. Kessler,
Evelyn Stelzl,
Anja Blažič,
Sanjay R. Mehta,
Anna S Benezeder,
Christina Genger-Hackl,
Brigitte I. Santner,
Antoine Chaillon,
Martin Hoenigl
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
open forum infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2328-8957
DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofz535
Subject(s) - medicine , drug , drug resistance , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , hiv drug resistance , antiretroviral therapy , pharmacology , virology , viral load , genetics , biology
The frequency of clinically relevant transmitted drug resistance mutations (DRMs) against drugs used for 2-drug regimens was 15.6%, but only 2% were not eligible for 1 or more 2-drug regimens. More than 50% of patients harboring any clinically relevant DRMs were found to be part of genetic transmission clusters.

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