Antiretroviral drug resistance mutations in antiretroviral-naive prisoners.

Stone, David R; Corcoran, Colleen; Wurcel, Alysse; McGovern, Barbara; Quirk, James; Brewer, Arthur; Sutton, Lorraine; D'Aquila, Richard T · Clin Infect Dis · 2002

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Abstract

We assessed the incidence of antiretroviral drug resistance in a cohort of 25 antiretroviral-naive, human immunodeficiency virus-positive inmates in Massachusetts. Silent mutations, unexpected mutations at resistant sites, and resistance mutations were recorded. Among these inmates, we found a prevalence of drug resistance mutations that was equivalent to the prevalence previously found in nonprison populations in the same state.

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