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01-12-2010 | Poster presentation
Clinical application of genotypic co-receptor tropism testing from viral RNA and proviral DNA: week 24 analysis of the Berlin maraviroc cohort
Authors:
MJ Obermeier, A Carganico, S Dupke, D Schranz, C Cordes, M Freiwald, G Klausen, S Köppe, C Schuler, C Mayr, D Schleehauf, T Berg, I Krznaric, A Baumgarten
Published in:
Journal of the International AIDS Society
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Special Issue 4/2010
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Excerpt
Before initiating an antiretroviral combination therapy which includes Maraviroc as one of its components, a coreceptor tropism test has to be performed. As Maraviroc is only effective against HIV strains that are using CCR5 as coreceptor a thoroughly validated and reliable assay should be performed. In case of treatment change due to toxicity, testing should also be possible using proviral DNA. …