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[geminigirl]

I cannot figure out what this abstract about resistant retroviruses says. I have no idea.

But it's important.

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[lovingboth]

URL?

[geminigirl]

It's an abstract that came on a listserv. Something to do with the fitness and replicability of drug resistant strains of HIV...

[lovingboth]

OK, post it here and I'll wave it in front of an HIV specialist on Monday.

[geminigirl]

Thanks. melebeth read it a little while ago and confirmed that it did indeed say what I thought it said, but in a rather roundabout way.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

I can also usually translate that stuff, for future reference.

[geminigirl]

I know. I had access to melebeth when I was complaining about it though. :)

This was just one of those things that left me sitting there scratching my head and saying "is that really what it says?"

And it did say what I thought it said, just in a roundabout and confusing way. (it's about drug resistant HIV strains and survival and transmission. And all I really need to know is that drug resistant HIV strains are surviving transmission even though they're less fit for replication. Which to me is sort of like, "duh" otherwise it would be that much harder for people who've never been treated with anti-HIV drugs to have drug resistant mutations to start with."