Drug resistance outcomes of long-term ART with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate in the absence of virological monitoring
Author(s) -
Giovanni Carlo Federico Villa,
Richard Odame Phillips,
Colette Smith,
Alexander Stockdale,
Alessandra Ruggiero,
Apostolos Beloukas,
Lambert Appiah,
David Chadwick,
Fred Stephen Sarfo,
Anna María Geretti
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dky281
Subject(s) - efavirenz , lamivudine , stavudine , zidovudine , virology , resistance mutation , viral load , emtricitabine , ritonavir , lopinavir , drug resistance , cobicistat , medicine , reverse transcriptase inhibitor , pharmacology , biology , virus , viral disease , antiretroviral therapy , microbiology and biotechnology , reverse transcriptase , polymerase chain reaction , hepatitis b virus , biochemistry , gene
The resistance profiles of patients receiving long-term ART in sub-Saharan Africa have been poorly described. This study obtained a sensitive assessment of the resistance patterns associated with long-term tenofovir-based ART in a programmatic setting where virological monitoring is yet to become part of routine care.
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