Showing papers by "Bluma G. Brenner published in 2000"
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used automated sequencing to genotype the reverse transcriptase (RT) and protease regions of virus isolated from patients' plasma, and line probe assays detected quasispecies variations in wild-type and mutated RT codons associated with high-level resistance to antiretroviral drugs.
Abstract: Objective: Prolonged treatment with antiretroviral drugs results in the selection of HIV-1 variants with mutations conferring resistance to nucleoside and non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTI and NNRTI) or to protease inhibitors (PI) There is serious concern about transmission of resistant viruses to newly infected persons This study monitored the prevalence of resistant viruses in individuals undergoing primary HIV infection Design: Resistance testing was performed on 81 individuals infected between 1997 and 1999 by injecting drug use (n = 21), sexual (n = 56), or unknown (n = 4) transmission Methods: Automated sequencing was used to genotype the reverse transcriptase (RT) and protease regions of virus isolated from patients' plasma The phenotypic susceptibility of stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells to antiretroviral drugs was assayed Line probe assays detected quasispecies variations in wild-type and mutated RT codons Results: A high prevalence of PI and RT genotypic variants, associated with high-level resistance to antiretroviral drugs, was observed in individuals newly infected by injecting drug use (PI = 24%, RT = 24%) or sexual transmission (PI = 12%, RT = 22%) The PI mutations, L101, V82A, and L90M, were found in 105, 3 and 4% of cases, respectively; whereas for RT, primary mutations at positions T215Y (zidovudine), M184V (Iamivudine), T69D/A (zalcitabine), and K103N (multi-NNRTI) were present in 8, 5, 4, and 4% of subjects, respectively Resistance to NRTI was demonstrated by phenotypic, genotypic, and line probe analyses Transmission of multidrug (NRTI/NNRTI/PI) resistance in eight subjects (99%) was confirmed by showing that source partners possessed viruses of similar genotype Conclusions: The transmission of drug-resistant HIV is a serious problem that merits further attention by public health officials as well as virologists and clinicians
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TL;DR: The transmission of drug-resistant HIV genotypic variants is a serious problem that merits further attention by public health officials, virologists, and clinicians.
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