Resistance, resistance, go away: persistence of nevirapine-resistant HIV mutations in HIV-infected infants.
Resistance, resistance, go away: persistence of nevirapine-resistant HIV mutations in HIV-infected infants.
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耐药性、耐药性、消失:艾滋病毒感染婴儿中奈韦拉平耐药性艾滋病毒突变的持续存在。
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10.1097/qad.0b013e3283463d44
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2011
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Paintsil,Elijah
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In this issue of the journal, Fogel et al.[1] report that in the Post-Exposure Prophylaxis of Infants (PEPI) Trial in Malawi, HIV-exposed infants were given an extended regimen of either nevirapine (NVP) or NVP with zidovudine (NVP+ ZDV) for 14 weeks, NVP resistance was detected in 82 (75.9%) of 108 HIV-infected infants at 14 weeks of age. In the extended NVP only arm, the prevalence of NVP resistance at 6 and 12 months was 85.0 and 56.3%, respectively. With the extended NVP+ ZDV arm, the prevalence of NVP resistance at 6 and 12 months was 80.8 and 76.9%, respectively. First, the authors are to be commended for their contribution to our understanding of the evolution of resistance after perinatal antiretroviral chemoprophylaxis.As the title of this commentary implies, the following discussion is based on metaphors drawn from a popular nursery rhyme–‘rain, rain, go away, come again another day...’. The origin of the lyrics to ‘rain, rain, go away’is said to date back to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1533–1603; http://www. rhymes. org. uk). During her reign, the great Spanish Armada attempted to invade England. They were defeated by the English not only because of the swift action of the smaller English ships but also by the unfavorable stormy weather. One cannot help but affirm the infectious vigor and naiveté with which nursery pupils chant this rhyme, not to mention the lesson that best strategies win battles.