Abstract: When applied to 153 HIV-1 patient specimens previously genotyped by Sanger population sequencing, HRMA correctly assigned drug sensitivity or resistance profiles to 80% of the samples at codon 103 (
K103K/N) (Cohen's kappa coefficient [kappa] > 0.6; P < 0.05), 90% at 181 (
Y181Y/C) (kappa > 0.74, P < 0.05), and 80% at 184 (
M184M/V) (kappa > 0.62; P < 0.05).