Volume 12, Number 2—February 2006
Perspective
HIV Drug-resistant Strains as Epidemiologic Sentinels
Table
Impact of an increase in high-risk behavior, decrease in the fraction of acute HIV infected persons receiving treatment, and increase in treatment efficacy on the primary resistant fraction, disease, and resistance prevalence in the overall population
Cause | Effect |
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Primary resistant fraction | Disease prevalence | Resistance prevalence | |
Increase in high-risk behavior | Temporary decrease | Permanent increase | Permanent increase |
Decrease in fraction acute treated | Permanent decrease | Permanent increase | Permanent decrease |
Increase in treatment efficacy | Permanent decrease | Permanent decrease | Permanent decrease |