Among people infected with HIV, those who don’t consistently take their antiretroviral drugs as prescribed are no more likely to develop drug-resistant HIV than are patients who adhere to their treatment schedule, researchers report. This result contradicts a widely held assumption among health professionals that irregular use of HIV therapy has been a factor in spreading drug-resistant strains of HIV, says David R.
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