Detection of positive selection resulting from Nevirapine treatment in longitudinal HIV-1 reverse transcriptase sequences

Magister Scientiae - MSc === Nevirapine (NVP) is a cheap anti-retroviral drug used in poor countries worldwide, administered to pregnant women at the onset of labour to inhibit HIV enzyme reverse transcriptase. Viruses which may get transmitted to newborns are deficient in this enzyme, and HIV-1 inf...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ketwaroo, Bibi Farahnaz K.
Other Authors: Hide, Winston
Language:en
Published: University of the Western Cape 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11394/1917