Acute HIV infection: impact on the spread of HIV and transmission of drug resistance

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Authors

Sabine Yerly · University Hospital of Geneva

Samir Vora

P. Rizzardi · University of Lausanne

J. P. Chave · Clinique de La Source

Pietro Vernazza · University of St. Gallen

Markus Flepp

Amalio Telenti · University of Lausanne

Manuel Battegay

Abstract

Phylogenetic and epidemiological analyses underline the impact of PHI in the spread of HIV. Moreover, this study indicates that drug resistance transmission may have decreased recently in Switzerland through the increased frequency of infection with HIV non-B subtypes and the steady increase of patients with undetectable viraemia.

Topics & Keywords

HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment HIV Research and Treatment HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: AIDS

Volume 15, Issue 17, pp. 2287-2292

DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200111230-00010

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