Table: K70K/E
Discussion: Because the regimen of these
HIV-1 infected persons included also other
RT inhibitors (e.g., abacavir and lamivudine), the detection of
K70E virus in macaques during tenofovir monotherapy is the first evidence that tenofovir can select directly for this
K70E mutation in vivo.
Discussion: In the current macaque study, it is possible that a higher precursor mutation frequency at codon 70 (but still below the 0.2% detection limit in the baseline samples) may have predisposed for selective outgrowth of first variants with the
K70E mutation which, in vitro, confe