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Smit, Erasmus (2014) Antiviral resistance testing. Current opinion in infectious diseases, 27 (6). pp. 566-72. ISSN 1473-6527. This article is accessible to all HEFT staff and students via NHS Evidence www.evidence.nhs.uk by using their HEFT Athens login IDs
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW
Current genotypic resistance tests fail to amplify drug-resistant minority variants when they are present below 20% of the total virus population. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) addresses this issue and is being introduced into diagnostic laboratories. This review gives an overview of the resistance tests currently used and explores the opportunities and challenges that NGS genotypic resistance tests will bring.
RECENT FINDINGS
The technical challenges of NGS, such as PCR and sequence-related errors, are being addressed and various assays are currently undergoing technical validation for clinical use. Although not conclusive, the data seem to suggest that NGS will be valuable for low genetic barrier drugs and certain types of tests such as the HIV-1 tropism test. Clinical validation of the reporting and interpretation of minority variant results are essential when laboratories start reporting these results.
SUMMARY
The first wave of NGS technology is being rolled out in diagnostic laboratories. Antiviral test benefits include increased sensitivity and eventually cheaper antiviral resistance tests. There is a risk that low percentage minority variants may be over interpreted. This could result in antiviral drugs, which may have been effective, being possibly denied to patients if proper clinical validation studies are not performed.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | This article is accessible to all HEFT staff and students via NHS Evidence www.evidence.nhs.uk by using their HEFT Athens login IDs |
| Subjects: | QY Clinical pathology WC Communicabable diseases |
| Divisions: | Clinical Support > Infectious Diseases |
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| Depositing User: | Mrs Caroline Tranter |
| Date Deposited: | 31 May 2015 08:03 |
| Last Modified: | 31 May 2015 08:03 |
| URI: | http://www.repository.uhblibrary.co.uk/id/eprint/957 |
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