Distribution of HIV-1 variants in the Democratic Republic of Congo suggests increase of subtype C in Kinshasa between 1997 and 2002

Article Abstract:

A study that was carried out to see the distribution of HIV-1 variants over a 5-year period against the background of political instability and civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is described. It was found that genetic characterization of HIV-positive samples from scentinel surveys can provide significant additional information on new trends in the HIV epidemic.

Government domestic functions, Science & research, Congo, Care and treatment, Research, Political aspects, HIV infection, HIV infections, AIDS (Disease), Congo (Kinshasa), AIDS research, Health policy

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Frequency of genotypic and phenotypic drug-resistant HIV-1 among therapy-naive patients of the German Seroconverter Study

Article Abstract:

In a study of 64 newly-diagnosed HIV patients in Germany who had not begun treatment, 13% had a virus that was resistant to an AIDS drug. For this reason, doctors may want to test all newly diagnosed HIV patients for drug resistance before starting therapy.

Germany, Statistical Data Included, Drug resistance in microorganisms, Microbial drug resistance

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