Abstract
HIV genotypic resistance testing has become a routine test informing the management of HIV-positive patients. This chapter describes the background of this testing and provides a protocol for undertaking the assay by a home-brew method. Methods for interpretation of the data are also outlined.
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Cane, P. (2010). HIV Drug Resistance Testing. In: Stephenson, J., Warnes, A. (eds) Diagnostic Virology Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 665. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-817-1_8
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