HIV/AIDS Therapy
Mutations in HIV subtypes must be better understood to prevent resistance
Published in AIDS Weekly, May 9th, 2005
In a paper in PLoS Medicine, a worldwide collaboration of HIV researchers looked at the mutations found in more than 3000 people infected with non-subtype-B HIV-1 - the most common HIV-1 subtype globally. They compared the mutations with those found in over 4500 people with subtype B infections - the most common in the developed world and the subtype that most HIV drugs have been targeted against.
Reassuringly, they found few novel mutations in non-subtype-B viruses exposed to the current antiretroviral drugs and concluded that the present focus on...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2005-05-09)
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