Phenotypic assays and sequencing are less sensitive than point mutation assays for detection of resistance in mixed HIV-1 genotypic populations
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The 151 and 215 amplification refractory mutation system (ARMS) is more accurate than other tests in detecting drug resistance in the virus that causes AIDS. ARMS was compared with T7 sequencing, cycle sequencing, the line probe assay (LiPA) HIV-1 RT test, and the recombinant virus assay (RVA).
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1525-4135
Year: 1999
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The HIV epidemic in the Amazon basin is driven by prototypic and recombinant HIV-1 subtypes B and F
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Researchers found substantial genetic diversity in HIV isolates from 31 HIV-infected people in Manaus, Brazil. Subtypes B and F were equally distributed among the patients. Manaus is the main city in the Amazonian rain forest.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1525-4135
Year: 2000
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HIV-1 subtype C in commercial sex workers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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HIV-1 subtype C continues to be the predominant subtype in Ethiopian prostitutes. Of 150 prostitutes tested, 67 were HIV-positive and 66 had subtype C. The remaining prostitute was infected with subtype D.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1525-4135
Year: 2000
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