Abstract:Background: HIV-1 drug resistance testing (DRT) is vital for monitoring of individual patient treatment outcomes and for public health surveillance. Access to HIV-1 DRT is limited in resource-poor settings, including Kenya due to its costly nature. Recent inclusion of integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs) in first-line treatment for all people living with HIV-1 (PLHIV-1) underscores the need for an INSTI DRT. This study aims to validate a cost-effective in-house DRT method to detect HIV-1 Integrase res… Show more
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