GENETIC DETECTION OF HIV-1 STRAINS THAT USE THE CXCR4 CO-RECEPTOR

摘要

The invention relates to a method for obtaining clonal HIV-1 sequence information from a clinical isolate derived from an HIV-1 infected individual to guide highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) comprising the following steps; a) extracting cell-associated viral nucleic acid b) amplifying said nucleic acid c) obtaining clonal sequence information d) interpreting the clonal sequence information and determining the ratio of the minority viral species by bio-informatics means whereby the ratio obtained is used to guide HAART.