Abstract
We determined the abilities of 10 technologies to detect and quantify a common drug-resistant mutant of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (lysine to asparagine at codon 103 of the reverse transcriptase) using a blinded test panel containing mutant-wild-type mixtures ranging from 0.01% to 100% mutant. Two technologies, allele-specific reverse transcriptase PCR and a Ty1HRT yeast system, could quantify the mutant down to 0.1 to 0.4%. These technologies should help define the impact of low-frequency drug-resistant mutants on response to antiretroviral therapy.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2612-4 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Journal of Clinical Microbiology |
Volume | 44 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2006 |