Antiretroviral resistance during successful therapy of HIV type 1 infection

J. Martinez-Picado, M. P. DePasquale, N. Kartsonis, G. J. Hanna, J. Wong, D. Finzi, E. Rosenberg, H. F. Günthard, L. Sutton, A. Savara, C. J. Petropoulos, N. Hellmann, B. D. Walker, D. D. Richman, R. Siliciano, R. T. D'Aquila

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Abstract

HIV type 1 (HIV-1) drug resistance mutations were selected during antiretroviral therapy successfully suppressing plasma HIV-1 RNA to <50 copies/ml. New resistant mutant subpopulations were identified by clonal sequencing analyses of viruses cultured from blood cells. Drug susceptibility tests showed that biological clones of virus with the mutations acquired during successful therapy had increased resistance. Each of the five subjects with new resistant mutants had evidence of some residual virus replication during highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), based on transient episodes of plasma HIV-1 RNA > 50 copies/ml and virus env gene sequence changes. Each had received a suboptimal regimen before starting HAART. Antiretroviral-resistant HIV-1 can be selected from residual virus replication during HAART in the absence of sustained rebound of plasma HIV-1 RNA.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)10948-10953
Number of pages6
JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume97
Issue number20
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 26 2000

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