K103N mutation in antiretroviral therapy-naive African patients infected with HIV type 1.

Akinsete, Omobosola; Hirigoyen, Diane; Cartwright, Charles; Schut, Ron; Kantor, Rami; Henry, Keith · Clin Infect Dis · 2004

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Most of the information about genetic sequencing and drug susceptibility of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is derived from the study of HIV-1 subtype B. Worldwide, most people infected with HIV-1 are infected with non-subtype B viruses and live in developing countries. We report 3 cases of antiretroviral-naive African immigrants infected with HIV-1 strains possessing the K103N mutation in the reverse transcriptase gene, which confers high-level resistance to all nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors.

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