Open AccessDetection of HIV drug resistance mutations in pregnant women receiving single dose Nevirapine in south India
Author(s) -
Mini Jacob,
Anitha Durairaj,
James Vijayakumari,
S Parameshwari,
M. R. Sivakumar
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.81637
Subject(s) - nevirapine , medicine , regimen , drug resistance , virology , resistance mutation , pregnancy , obstetrics , group b , viral load , gastroenterology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , antiretroviral therapy , reverse transcriptase , polymerase chain reaction , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , gene
Single dose of Nevirapine to prevent mother to child transmission of HIV is the commonest preventive regimen in resource-limited countries.