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'''HIV Drug Resistance''' occurs when [[microevolution]] causes [[virions]] to become tolerant to [[antiretroviral]] treatments. | |||
==Current scenario== | |||
*Nearly all drugs currently used to treat HIV eventually stop working and the infected patient’s immune system is damaged to the point of AIDS. | |||
*A recent study estimated the percentage of the American HIV positive population with some form of drug resistance to be 76.3%.<ref>Richman, D. D., S. C. Morton, T. Wrin, N. Hellmann, S. Berry, M. F. Shapiro, and S. A. Bozzette. 2004. The prevalence of antiretroviral drug resistance in the United States. AIDS. 18: 1393-1401.</ref> | |||
==Reference== | |||
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Revision as of 11:27, 26 May 2012
Overview
HIV Drug Resistance occurs when microevolution causes virions to become tolerant to antiretroviral treatments.
Current scenario
- Nearly all drugs currently used to treat HIV eventually stop working and the infected patient’s immune system is damaged to the point of AIDS.
- A recent study estimated the percentage of the American HIV positive population with some form of drug resistance to be 76.3%.[1]
Reference
- ↑ Richman, D. D., S. C. Morton, T. Wrin, N. Hellmann, S. Berry, M. F. Shapiro, and S. A. Bozzette. 2004. The prevalence of antiretroviral drug resistance in the United States. AIDS. 18: 1393-1401.