Drug resistant HIV lingers in female genital tract. Transmission of resistance feared.
Researchers have learned that multiple-resistant HIV is prevalent in genital tracts of women with long antiretroviral therapy histories, and resistant virus can persist even years after therapy associated with the resistance has stopped.
D024882:Drug Resistance, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005836:Genitalia, Female / Q000821:virology*; D006678:HIV / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation; D018894:Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use
D018894:Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors