HIV-2 integrase variation in integrase inhibitor-naïve adults in Senegal, West Africa.

Antiretroviral therapy for HIV-2 infection is hampered by intrinsic resistance to many of the drugs used to treat HIV-1. Limited studies suggest that the integrase inhibitors (INIs) raltegravir and elvitegravir have potent activity against HIV-2 in culture and in infected patients. There is a paucit...

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Main Authors: Geoffrey S Gottlieb, Robert A Smith, Ndeye Mery Dia Badiane, Selly Ba, Stephen E Hawes, Macoumba Toure, Alison K Starling, Fatou Traore, Fatima Sall, Stephen L Cherne, Joshua Stern, Kim G Wong, Paul Lu, Moon Kim, Dana N Raugi, Airin Lam, James I Mullins, Nancy B Kiviat, Papa Salif Sow for the UW-Dakar HIV-2 Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3134476?pdf=render