Introduction: Resistance to elvitegravir and raltegravir occurs via several mutational pathways, including: (i
) N155H or
G140A/
G148RHQ pathways conferring raltegravir and elvitegravir cross-resistance; (ii
) T66I or
E92Q/G elvitegravir-specific pathways; or (iii) the
Y143R/H/C raltegravir-specific resistance pathway.
Result: INSTI-associated mutations were present at really low frequency as determined by deep sequencing (
R263K at 1.1% and
Y143H at 1.6% in 14514 and 14380, respectively) (Figure5c and d).