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Published online 17 July 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030714-8

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One in ten new HIV cases in Europe is drug-resistant

AIDS meeting debates prescription and monitoring problems.

One in ten people who test positive for HIV in Europe is infected with a virus that is already resistant to drugs, suggests a Europe-wide survey.

Europe's resistance levels are now akin to those in the United States.

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