• Treatment-associated polymorphisms in protease are significantly associated with higher viral load and lower CD4 count in newly diagnosed drug-naive HIV-1 infected patients 

      Theys, Kristof; Deforche, Koen; Vercauteren, Jurgen; Libin, Pieter; van de Vijver, David A. M. C.; Albert, Jan; Åsjø, Birgitta; Balotta, Claudia; Bruckova, Marie; Camacho, Ricardo J.; Clotet, Bonaventura; Coughlan, Suzie; Grossman, Zehava; Hamouda, Osamah; Horban, Andrzei; Korn, Klaus; Kostrikis, Leondios G.; Kücherer, Claudia; Nielsen, Claus; Paraskevis, Dimitrios; Poljak, Mario; Puchhammer-Stockl, Elisabeth; Riva, Chiara; Ruiz, Lidia; Liitsola, Kirsi; Schmit, Jean-Claude; Schuurman, Rob; Sönnerborg, Anders; Stanekova, Danica; Stanojevic, Maja; Struck, Daniel; Van Laethem, Kristel; Wensing, Annemarie M. J.; Boucher, Charles A. B.; Vandamme, Anne-Mieke; on behalf of the SPREAD-programme (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-10-03)
      Background: The effect of drug resistance transmission on disease progression in the newly infected patient is not well understood. Major drug resistance mutations severely impair viral fitness in a drug free environment, ...