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Frequently Asked Questions About Drug Resistance (Regularly Updated)
From The Body's "Ask the Experts" Forums
Why HIV Drug Resistance Matters: An Overview (September/October 2005)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
HIV Resistance Testing (May 17, 2008)
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From AIDS InfoNet
Resistance to Anti-HIV Medications (November/December 2002)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Understanding Drug Resistance (August 15, 2006)
From AIDS Treatment Data Network
What Is Resistance? (September 2004)
An overview, including information on resistance testing, "good resistance" and treatment options.
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In WISE Words, from Project Inform
Resistance Tests Currently in Use (Fall 2001)
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In CRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
HIV Drug Resistance and Drug-Resistance Testing: Just the FAQs (Fall 2001)
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In CRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
HIV Drug Resistance and New Treatments: A Practical Understanding (July 2001)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
HIV Drug Resistance Tests (April 2001)
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From Project Inform
Understanding HIV/AIDS Drug Resistance Assays (January/February 2001)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
HIV Drug Resistance and Resistance Testing (2001)
From AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
Resistance Testing (November 2000)
In Reasons for Hope, from Search for a Cure
Genotypic and Phenotypic Resistance Tests -- What Is the Difference? (April 14, 2000)
In STEP Ezine, from Seattle Treatment Education Project

The Basics

HIV Resistance: Frequency, Testing, Mechanisms (PDF) (November/December 2007)
In Topics in HIV Medicine, from International AIDS Society-USA
A Guide to HIV Drug Resistance (2006)
The Body's easy-to-read online guide to HIV drug resistance.
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In A Guide to HIV Drug Resistance, from The Body
Pocket Guide to Antiretroviral Resistance (PDF) (September 2005)
A single-page, color-coded set of charts depicting the effect of specific HIV mutations on viral susceptibility to antiretrovirals.
From Clinical Care Options
HIV Drug Resistance Notes: Resistance Levels Conferred by Key Mutations (December 2004)
A class-by-class chart of drug resistance associated with specific HIV gene mutations, adapted from the Stanford HIV Drug Resistance Database.
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In Infectious Diseases in Corrections Report, from Brown Medical School
Use of HIV Resistance Testing in Antiretroviral Therapy Decision Making (December 2004)
A clinical overview by Ian Frank, M.D.
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In Infectious Diseases in Corrections Report, from Brown Medical School
Draft Guidance for Industry Role of HIV Drug Resistance Testing in Antiretroviral Drug Development (November 2004)
This guidance document is intended to be used only for public comment, not for clinical use
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From U.S. Food and Drug Administration
The Genotypic Resistance Test: Should You Get One or Shouldn't You? (October 2004)
In HIV Treatment ALERTS!, from The Center for AIDS
HIV Drug Resistance Testing (September/October 2004)
A brief explanation of why resistance occurs, when resistance testing is recommended, and what each type of resistance test determines.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
Genotypic Testing for HIV-1 Drug Resistance (April 2004)
A clinical overview from an online textbook of HIV disease from the University of California San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital.
From HIV InSite
Geno, Pheno, and Virtual Pheno: Which Patient Needs What (and Why)? (July 2003)
Highlights from the IAPAC Sessions 2003.
In IAPAC Monthly, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
Protein Primer (January 2002)
How proteins work in the body -- and in HIV -- and how mutations cause drug resistance.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
Ask Dr. Jeff: HIV Genotype Resistance Testing (Summer 2001)
How can two resistance tests give different results?.
In STEP Perspective, from Seattle Treatment Education Project
The Buzz: The Importance of Sequencing in Treatment Options (May/June 2001)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network

News & Viewpoints

New Report on "New York Patient" Finds No HIV "Supervirus," but Offers Important Lessons About HIV Transmission (April 10, 2007)
From aidsmap.com
Washington County Records Four Cases of Drug-Resistant HIV (February 6, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Investigation of a New Diagnosis of Multidrug-Resistant, Dual-Tropic HIV-1 Infection --- New York City, 2005 (June 28, 2006)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Resistance to Thai-Made Antiretroviral GPO-vir (Lamivudine/Nevirapine/Stavudine) Sharply Increasing (July 19, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
One Is the Loneliest Number (January/February 2005)
The New York City "superbug": a look back at an alarm that fizzled.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
Drug Resistance in U.S. Likeliest Among Whites, Gay Men, Partners of HAART Patients (June 8, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
First Case of Potential PI Cross-Resistance Reported After Lopinavir Failure (April 29, 2004)
From aidsmap.com
CROI 2004 Recap: Drug Resistance (April 2004)
In IAPAC Monthly, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
Resistance Still Possible Despite Perfect Adherence, Study Says (August 28, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Japan: Doctors Say Drug-Resistant HIV on Rise (August 7, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Drug-Resistant HIV Strains Found in One Out of Every 10 Newly Infected European Patients (July 16, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Warning Over Drug-Resistant HIV (June 20, 2003)
The unregulated supply of HIV drugs in the developing world threatens to accelerate the development of drug-resistant HIV strains.
From BBC News
New Not-for-Profit Organization Launched to Combat HIV Resistance (April 9, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Celera Diagnostics to Market Gene-Based HIV Test (December 12, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
First Genetic Test Hits Market to Show Which AIDS Drugs Will Fail in Each Patient (January/February 2002)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
New Resistance Test Combines Phenotype and Genotype (November 23, 2001)
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In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
FDA Bits: Tenofovir and Virus-Mutation Tests (November 2001)
In HIV Treatment ALERTS!, from The Center for AIDS
Researchers and Patients Struggle to Interpret Viral Breakthrough (March 1999)
Mark Harrington describes his (and that of two of his colleagues) roller coaster ride on the antiretroviral therapy express.
In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group

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