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| When a bacteria, virus, or other microorganism mutates changes form and becomes insensitive to resistant to a drug that was previously effective. Drug resistance can be a cause of HIV treatment failure. see also acquired resistance, drug-susceptible, transmitted resistance, treatment failure | |||
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