HIV/AIDS

Study data from University of Zurich provide new insights into HIV/AIDS

Published in Hospital Business Week, April 26th, 2009

According to recent research from Zurich, Switzerland, "Accurate quantification of the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) drug resistance in patients who are receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) is difficult, and results from previous studies vary. We attempted to assess the prevalence and dynamics of resistance in a highly representative patient cohort from Switzerland."

"On the basis of genotypic resistance test results and clinical data, we grouped patients according to their risk of harboring resistant viruses. Estimates of resistance prevalence were calculated on the basis of either the proportion of individuals with a virologic failure or...

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Source: Hospital Business Week (2009-04-26)

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