Our findings indicate that pre-existing IN and RT DRM, including low-abundance and secondary/polymorphic variants, did not compromise the virological efficacy of dolutegravir-based triple therapy in ART-naïve individuals, supporting the high resistance barrier of dolutegravir and the lack of need for baseline resistance testing.
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