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realtionship to high vl and resistance? May 7, 2003 One year of exposure I have a vl of 344K and tcells around 500. I have not had phenotype or genotype test yet. I am not on meds yet. Does my high vl so early on in the infection (I was neg march 2002) suggest or indicate that I may have a drug resistant strain of HIV? |
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 To my knowledge, your baseline CD4 count does not predict the presence or absence of resistant virus. Given the rising incidence (rate) of initial infection with drug resistant virus (as high as 25% in some cities), I think that doing baseline resistance testing is a very wise idea. Good luck. BY | ||||||||
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