Open AccessPooled Nucleic Acid Testing to Detect Antiretroviral Treatment Failure in HIV-Infected Patients in Mozambique
Author(s) -
Myres W. Tilghman,
Daniel Tsai,
Titos Buene,
Manuel Tomás,
Salma Amade,
Daniel Gehlbach,
Stephanie Chang,
Caroline Ignacio,
Gemma Caballero,
Stephen Espitia,
Susanne May,
Emília Virgínia Noormahomed,
Davey M. Smith
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0000000000000724
Subject(s) - viral load , medicine , regimen , virology , polymerase chain reaction , real time polymerase chain reaction , immunology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , biology , biochemistry , gene
In resource-limited settings, viral load monitoring of HIV-infected patients receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) is not readily available because of high costs. Here, we compared the accuracy and costs of quantitative and qualitative pooled methods with standard viral load testing.