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SUBMITTER: Van Dyke RB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3245730 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Van Dyke Russell B RB Ngo-Giang-Huong Nicole N Shapiro David E DE Frenkel Lisa L Britto Paula P Roongpisuthipong Anuvat A Beck Ingrid A IA Yuthavisuthi Praparb P Prommas Sinart S Puthanakit Thanyawee T Achalapong Jullapong J Chotivanich Nantasak N Rasri Wirawan W Cressey Tim R TR Maupin Robert R Mirochnick Mark M Jourdain Gonzague G
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 20111205 2
<h4>Background</h4>Intrapartum single-dose (SD) nevirapine (NVP) reduces perinatal transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection but selects for NVP-resistant virus, which compromises subsequent NVP-based therapy. A 1-week "tail" of lamivudine and zidovudine after SD-NVP decreases the risk of resistance. We hypothesized that increasing the duration or potency of the tail would further reduce this risk to <10%, using a sensitive assay to measure resistance.<h4>Methods</h4>HIV-infec ...[more]