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. 2012 Jul;28(7):667–674. doi: 10.1089/aid.2010.0355

Table 3.

Summary of 12 Studies of Transmitted Drug Resistance in Antiretroviral-Naive Patients from the Latin American and Caribbean Region

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Prevalence of TDR mutations associated with resistance (based on WHO SDRM list)
First author (year of publication) Country city/region n Time period Prevalent HIV-1 subtypes Risk Prevalence of TDR mutations associated with resistance (as cited by author) Any Any NRTI NNRTI PI
Murillo (2010)32 Honduras—multiple regions 200 April 2004–April 2007 B (99%); 2 samples could not be classified Heterosexual (86%); MSM (14%) 14 (7.0%) 14 (7.0%) 6 (3.0%) 10 (5.0%) 1 (0.05%)
DiazGranados (2010)31 Colombia—multiple regions 103 Not provided Not provided MSM (54.9%), heterosexual (45.1%) 6 (5.8%) 6 (5.8%) 3 (2.9%) 5 (4.9%) 1 (1.0%)
Inocencio (2010)29 Brazil—multiple regions 210 2007–2008 Subtype B most prevalent in all cities (72%), except Porto Alegre, where C is highly prevalent (69%) Heterosexual (56.1%), homosexual (23.6%), bisexual (11%) 17 (8.1%) 14 (6.7%) 4 (1.9%) 6 (2.9%) 5 (2.4%)
Sprinz (2009)29 Brazil—Brazilian cities (n=13) 387 March 2007–Sept. 2007 B (66.0%); C (12.8%); non-B, non-C (17.0%); not available (4.3%) Heterosexual (54.3%); MSM (43.2%); IDU (2.5%) 22 (5.7%) 17 (4.4%) 3 (0.8%) 14 (3.6%) 4 (1.0%)
Lloyd (2008)33 Honduras—San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa 239 July 2002–June 2003 B (99.1%); F1 (0.3%); AD recombinant (0.3%); C (0.3%) Not provided 18 (7.5%) 18 (7.5%)a 15 (6.3%)a 12 (5.0%)a 4 (1.7%)
Gonzales (2007)26 Brazil—São Paulo 123 March 2002–December 2006 B (82%); F (6.5%); C (5.7%) Heterosexual (exact % not provided) 8 (6.5%) 7 (5.6%) 4 (3.2%) 3 (2.4%) 3 (2.4%)
Dilernia (2007)35 Argentina—Buenos Aires 284 March 2003–October 2005 Intersubtype BF recombinants (51.8%); B (45.1%); non-B-non-BF variants (3.2%) Heterosexual (49.3%); MSM (46.5%); IDU (2.1%); missing data (2.1%) 12 (4.2%) 9 (3.2%) 4 (1.4%) 3 (1.0%) 4 (1.4%)
Pérez (2007)34 Cuba—Havana 250 May–Sept. 2003 B (43.6%); unique recombinant forms (21.6%); C (4.0%); G (2.8%); 7 (2.8%) Mostly MSM, but some women (exact % not provided) Not reported 9 (3.6%) 9 (3.6%) None None
Lama (2006)36 Peru—Lima and 5 other cities 359 Oct. 2002–March 2003 B (100%) MSM 12 (3.3%) 12 (3.3%)b 8 (2.2%)b 3 (0.8%) 7 (1.9%)
Barreto (2006)29 Brazil—São Paulo 341 July 1998–March 2002 B (81.2%); recombinant strains (7.5%); F1 (7.3%); C (3.8%) Not provided (all were blood donors) 21 (6.1%) 18 (5.3%) 12 (3.5%) 3 (0.9%) 5 (1.5%)
Rodrigues (2006)25 Brazil—Porto Alegre 108 ?2004 C (58%); B (32%); F1 (3%) Heterosexual (exact % not provided) 3 (2.8%) 4 (3.7%) 1 (0.9%) 3 (2.8%) None
Brindeiro (2003)30 Brazil—metropolitan regions in 8 different Brazilian states 409 2001 B (62.5%; 64.9%); C (29.5%, 22.8%); F (8.0%, 11.8%) based on RT and PR genomic regions, respectively Heterosexual (61.7%); homosexual (19.7%); bisexual (7.2%); other/multiple (6.5%); IDU (5.0%) 22 (6.4%) 17 (4.2%) 8 (2.3%) 1 (0.2%) 8 (2.3%)
a

Published prevalence is slightly lower than reported here because the authors counted V1181 as an NRTI mutation and V1081 and K238N/T as NNRTI mutations.

b

Published prevalence is slightly lower than reported here because the authors counted T69D as an NRTI mutation.

n>100 subjects (listed in reverse chronologic order).