Open AccessHair concentrations of antiretrovirals predict viral suppression in HIV-infected pregnant and breastfeeding Ugandan women
Author(s) -
Catherine A. Koss,
Paul Natureeba,
Julia Mwesigwa,
Deborah Cohan,
Bridget Nzarubara,
Peter Bacchetti,
Howard Horng,
Tamara D. Clark,
Albert Plenty,
Theodore Ruel,
Jane Achan,
Edwin D. Charlebois,
Moses R. Kamya,
Diane V. Havlir,
Monica Gandhi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.195
H-Index - 216
eISSN - 1473-5571
pISSN - 0269-9370
DOI - 10.1097/qad.0000000000000619
Subject(s) - breastfeeding , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , medicine , pregnancy , virology , obstetrics , pediatrics , biology , genetics
Hair concentrations are a noninvasive measure of cumulative antiretroviral exposure and the strongest predictor of viral suppression in large cohorts of nonpregnant patients. We examined hair concentrations of antiretrovirals in relation to virologic outcomes in pregnant and breastfeeding women for the first time.