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Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials BioMed Central Research Open Access Prevalence of genotypic HIV-1 drug resistance in Thailand, 2002 1,2 3 4 Ekachai Jenwitheesuk* , Chotip Watitpun , Asda Vibhagool and Wasun Chantratita3 Address: 1Department of Microbiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA, 2Department of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medical Technology, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, 3Department of Pathology Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand and 4Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand Email: Ekachai Jenwitheesuk* - ekachai@; Chotip Watitpun - c_watitpun@; Asda Vibhagool - raavb@mahidol.ac.th; Wasun Chantratita - rawct@mahidol.ac.th * Corresponding author Published: 6 March 2003 Received: 28 December 2002 Accepted: 6 March 2003 Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2003, 2:4 This article is available from: /content/2/1/4 © 2003 Jenwitheesuk et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article: verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose, provided this notice is preserved along with the articles original URL. Abstract Background: The prices of reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors in Thailand have been reduced since December 1, 2001. It is expected that reduc