The Young and the Resistant: HIV-Infected Adolescents at the Time of Transfer to Adult Care | Zendy

Dimitri Van der Linden | Zendy; Normand Lapointe | Zendy; Fatima Kakkar | Zendy; Doris G. Ransy | Zendy; Alena Motorina | Zendy; F. Maurice | Zendy; Hugo Soudeyns | Zendy; Valérie Lamarre | Zendy

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The Young and the Resistant: HIV-Infected Adolescents at the Time of Transfer to Adult Care

Author(s) -

Dimitri Van der Linden,

Normand Lapointe,

Fatima Kakkar,

Doris G. Ransy,

Alena Motorina,

F. Maurice,

Hugo Soudeyns,

Valérie Lamarre

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

journal of the pediatric infectious diseases society

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.269

H-Index - 31

eISSN - 2048-7207

pISSN - 2048-7193

DOI - 10.1093/jpids/pis106

Subject(s) - medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , viral load , antiretroviral therapy , young adult , virology , adult care , drug resistance , pediatrics , immunology , biology , microbiology and biotechnology

Combined antiretroviral therapy allows children with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to reach adulthood. We studied 45 adolescents at the time of transfer to adult care. Despite universal healthcare access, over two-thirds of the adolescents were failing treatment, which was manifested by detectable HIV-1 viral load, CD4 counts <200 cells/ mm(3), and/or triple-class drug resistance.

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