Prevalence of the T215Y mutation in human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected pregnant women in a New York cohort, 1995--1999.

Sitnitskaya, Y; Rochford, G; Rigaud, M; Essajee, S; Pollack, H; Krasinski, K; Borkowsky, W · Clin Infect Dis · 2001

cross_sectional · Level IV

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Abstract

From 1997 through 1999, the prevalence of the zidovudine resistance mutation T215Y was 9.7% among pregnant women, and the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) load in those with resistant virus was higher than that measured in women with wild-type HIV-1. All mutations were noted in women with zidovudine experience, which suggests that monotherapy may not be adequate prophylaxis for vertical transmission of HIV-1 infection in the current era.

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