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Baseline hepatitis C virus resistance-associated substitutions present at frequencies lower than 15% may be clinically significant
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Background: Controversy is ongoing about whether a minority mutant present at frequencies below 15% may be clinically relevant and should be considered to guide treatment. Methods: Resistance-associated substitution (RAS) studies were performed in patients before and at failure of antiviral treatments using Next-generation hepatitis C virus (HCV) sequencing (NGS). Results: We have found two patients with genotype 1a infection having RAS in 3.5%-7.1% of the viral population at baseline that were selected during ledipasvir + sofosbuvir treatment. Coselection of RAS located in a region not directly affected by the antiviral treatment also occurred. This observation calls into question, the recommendations to guide RAS-based direct-acting antiviral (DAA) treatment only when RAS are present in > 15% of the sequences generated. Conclusion: Our results suggests that RAS study should include all three HCV DAA target proteins and minority mutants should be considered as clinically relevant.
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PERALES, Celia, et al. Baseline hepatitis C virus resistance-associated substitutions present at frequencies lower than 15% may be clinically significant. Infection and Drug Resistance. 2018. Vol. 11, num. 2207-2210. [consulted: 15 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/172632