The Effect of Monitoring Viral Load and Tracing Patients Lost to Follow-up on the Course of the HIV Epidemic in Malawi: A Mathematical Model | Zendy

Janne Estill | Zendy; Cliff C. Kerr | Zendy; Nello Blaser | Zendy; Luisa SalazarVizcaya | Zendy; Lyson Tenthani | Zendy; David P. Wilson | Zendy; Olivia Keiser | Zendy

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The Effect of Monitoring Viral Load and Tracing Patients Lost to Follow-up on the Course of the HIV Epidemic in Malawi: A Mathematical Model

Author(s) -

Janne Estill,

Cliff C. Kerr,

Nello Blaser,

Luisa SalazarVizcaya,

Lyson Tenthani,

David P. Wilson,

Olivia Keiser

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofy092

Subject(s) - medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , viral load , antiretroviral therapy , tracing , virology , pediatrics , demography , computer science , operating system , sociology

Test&Treat reduces transmission of HIV, despite individual cases of treatment failure and ART interruption. Whereas viral load monitoring and tracing have only a minor impact on transmission, interventions that aim to minimize treatment interruptions can further increase the preventive effect of ART.

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