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What is the possibility of more widespread drug resistance as the HIV strains that exhibit immunity are selected for?
by vecter 8y ago
What is the possibility of more widespread drug resistance as the HIV strains that exhibit immunity are selected for?
- peterlk 8y agoCan someone provide a compelling argument for why we should not keep charging ahead given this risk? It seems to me that drug-resistant HIV would maintain the status quo, but I don't really know anything about the landscape of drugs/resistance in HIV
- AllegedAlec 8y ago> I don't really know anything about the landscape of drugs/resistance in HIV HIV is a retrovirus with an absurdly high mutation rate (4 × 10−3 per base per cell, Cuevas, J. et al, 2015). In comparison: the mutation rate of influenza is about one or two orders of magnitude lower. This means that it is incredibly quick to adapt to any changes.