Abstract: In the remaining six patients, the following patterns of mutations associated with viral resistance were found: one mutation (
K70R), which was observed in one patient during the 1st TI and persisted during follow-up; two mutations (
L90M,
M184V), which were observed in four patients during the 1st TI and were intermittently present or lost following extended TI, treatment reinitiation and/or during subsequent TI; and evolution of two mutations (
M184V,
K219E) observed in two patients.