Incidence of lamivudine resistance associated mutations in pol-gene of HIV-1 in patients from north India: a preliminary report.
Indian J Pathol Microbiol
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2005 Jul; 48(3): 337-40
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em Inglês
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-74485
ABSTRACT
Screening of drug-resistant variants is very important for the effective clinical management of HIV-infected patients and development of new strategies. The present study was aimed to detect codon-184 mutations in the pol-gene of HIV leading to resistance to lamivudine (3-TC) by nested cum ARMS-PCR approach in 10 treated and 9 treatment naive patients. For correlation the whole blood CD4/CD8 cell counts and the soluble TNFRII levels in plasma were also determined. Of the 19 patients tested, mutant variants were observed in 2 patients (Met Val in one and Met Val & lle in second) both being treated with 3-TC. No mutations were detected in the treatment-naive patients. The results confirmed that, drug resistant variants of codon-184 emerge rapidly in patients receiving 3-TC containing regimens including our population, which is mainly infected with subtypeC of the virus that could be detected along with wild viral population using sensitive approaches such as ARMS-PCR.
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Assunto principal:
Humanos
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Códon
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Genes pol
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Infecções por HIV
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Incidência
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HIV-1
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Contagem de Linfócito CD4
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Inibidores da Transcriptase Reversa
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Lamivudina
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Fármacos Anti-HIV
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de incidência
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Estudo prognóstico
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Indian J Pathol Microbiol
Ano de publicação:
2005
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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