“…EFV, NVP, and ETV were generously provided by Merck Co., Inc. (Rahway, NJ), Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceutics Inc. (Ridgefield, CT), and Tibotec Pharmaceuticals (Little Island, Co., Cork, Ireland), respectively. Recombinant and isolated HIV-1 susceptibility to EFV, NVP, and ETV was determined in triplicate using MAGIC-5 cells (10,12,16). Briefly, MAGIC-5 cells were infected with an adjusted virus stock (300 BFU) in various concentrations of NNRTIs, cultured for 48 h, fixed, and stained with 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl--D-galactopyranoside (Takara Shuzo, Ohtsu, Japan).…”