Detection of HIV-1 drug resistance in women following administration of a single dose of nevirapine: Comparison of plasma RNA to cellular DNA by consensus sequencing and by oligonucleotide ligation assay

• Main Authors: Wagner T.A., Kress C.M., Beck I., Techapornroong M., Wittayapraparat P., Tansuphasawasdikul S., Jourdain G., Ngo-Giang-Huong N., Lallemant M., Frenkel L.M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77951773576&partnerID=40&md5=0d05b2753a20533abee33bb13d601ab0; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/864
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

A single dose of nevirapine (sdNVP) to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 increases the risk of failure of subsequent NVP-containing antiretroviral therapy (ART), especially when initiated within 6 months of sdNVP administration, emphasizing the importance of understanding the decay of ne...