“…31 Thus, TAMS were defined as the specified mutations at amino acid positions 41, 67, 70, 210, 215, and 219. Major protease inhibitor resistance mutations were defined as those at amino acid positions 30,46,48,50,82,84, and 90, and minor resistance mutations were defined as those at amino acid positions 10, 20, 24, 32, 33, 36, 47, 53, 54, 63, 71, 73, 77, and 88. This study used plasma specimens obtained from patients who had undergone HIV pVL testing at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System between August 1996 and August 2004. Since August 1996, aliquots of plasma from all patients undergoing pVL analyses at this facility have been routinely stored at − 70° C. All genotyping was done using the TruGeneassay (Bayer, Berkeley, CA).…”