via Aidsmeds.com, by Tim Horn
New surveillance data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggest that about two in 10 individuals infected with HIV in recent years involved strains of the virus harboring mutations conferring at least partial resistance to one ore more available antiretroviral (ARV). The report was presented Wednesday, March 7, at the 19th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Seattle.
The U.S. Variant, Atypical, and Resistant HIV Surveillance (VARHS) system, in which HIV specimens from newly diagnosed individuals are tested for drug-resistance mutations, was established by the CDC to provide the clearest picture to date of the scope and type of resistance in the United States.
The analysis reported at CROI included a total of 10,338 resistance profiles from eight U.S. regions; this consisted of 2,339 profiles from individuals with recent infections (confirmed using a specialized antibody test or a negative HIV test results within six months before diagnosis) and 7,999 profiles from individuals with confirmed long-standing HIV infection (individuals diagnosed with AIDS within six months of testing positive for the virus). Regions represented in the analysis were Seattle, Los Angeles, Chicago, Colorado, Michigan, Louisiana, New York and South Carolina.
The system uses standard genotypic resistance testing, which identifies specific viral mutations associated with drug resistance. Because neither the recently infected individuals nor the subjects with established infection included in the analysis had yet started treatment, the presence of any HIV drug resistance mutations in their blood would indicate that the resistant virus was transmitted to them at the time of their infection.
Overall, 15.2 percent of all samples included in the analysis had evidence of at least one transmitted drug resistance mutation.
Among the recently infected individuals, 19.1 percent had evidence of at least partial resistance to at least one drug in a particular ARV class, compared with 14.7 percent of the individuals with long-standing HIV infection. This difference was found to be statistically significant, meaning it was too great to have occurred by chance.
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New surveillance data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggest that about two in 10 individuals infected with HIV in recent years involved strains of the virus harboring mutations conferring at least partial resistance to one ore more available antiretroviral (ARV). The report was presented Wednesday, March 7, at the 19th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Seattle. The analysis reported at CROI included a total of 10,338 resistance profiles from eight U.S. regions; this consisted of 2,339 profiles from individuals with recent infections (confirmed using a specialized antibody test or a negative HIV test results within six months before diagnosis) and 7,999 profiles from individuals with confirmed long-standing HIV infection (individuals diagnosed with AIDS within six months of testing positive for the virus). Regions represented in the analysis were Seattle, Los Angeles, Chicago, Colorado, Michigan, Louisiana, New York and South Carolina.
The system uses standard genotypic resistance testing, which identifies specific viral mutations associated with drug resistance. Because neither the recently infected individuals nor the subjects with established infection included in the analysis had yet started treatment, the presence of any HIV drug resistance mutations in their blood would indicate that the resistant virus was transmitted to them at the time of their infection.
Overall, 15.2 percent of all samples included in the analysis had evidence of at least one transmitted drug resistance mutation.
Among the recently infected individuals, 19.1 percent had evidence of at least partial resistance to at least one drug in a particular ARV class, compared with 14.7 percent of the individuals with long-standing HIV infection. This difference was found to be statistically significant, meaning it was too great to have occurred by chance.
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[Content that is linked from other sources is for informational purposes and should not construe a Mapping Pathways position.]
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