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resistance
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Resistance
An effective upper bound on prices achieved because of many willing sellers at that price level.
resistance
An increased supply of a security. Compare support.


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To determine the extent of drug resistance and to make suggestions for future Ghanaian NTP strategies, we assessed resistance against anti-TB drugs used in Ghana.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug resistance, Ghana by Ruesch-Gerdes, Sabine / Emerging Infectious Diseases
1) During the study period, 14% of HIV-positive individuals who were tested for drug resistance before beginning treatment had a strain of the virus that would not respond to at least one anti-retroviral drug used to treat the infection; the prevalence rose from 11% in 1996-1997 to 19% in 2002-2003.
Drug-resistant HIV in the UK by Hollander, Dore / Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
What's more, drug resistance in the mother may be detrimental to her later babies because nevirapine might no longer reduce the risk of transmission.
Striking a better bargain with HIV: new interventions needed to save ... by Harder, Ben / Science News
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