Abstract: In this work, we have measured the in vivo fitness of HIV-1 variants containing a deletion of 3 nucleotides affecting codon 69 (Delta69) of the viral
RT as well as the replication capacity (RC) ex vivo of a series of recombinant HIV-1 variants carrying an
RT bearing the Delta69 deletion or the
T69A mutation in a multidrug-resistant (MDR) sequence background, including the
Q151M complex and substitutions
M184V,
K103N,
Y181C, and
G190A.