Open AccessEvaluation of Viral Load Thresholds for Predicting New World Health Organization Stage 3 and 4 Events in HIV-Infected Children Receiving Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
Author(s) -
George K. Siberry,
D.R. Harris,
Ricardo Hugo de Oliveira,
Margot R. Krauss,
Cristina Barroso Hofer,
Adriana Aparecida Tiraboschi,
Heloisa Marques,
Regina C.M. Succi,
Thalita Fernandes de Abreu,
Marinella Della Negra,
Lynne Mofenson,
Rohan Hazra
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0b013e31824e4da6
Subject(s) - akaike information criterion , viral load , medicine , proportional hazards model , cohort , hazard ratio , statistic , liter , antiretroviral therapy , immunology , statistics , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , confidence interval , mathematics
This study evaluated a wide range of viral load (VL) thresholds to identify a cut-point that best predicts new clinical events in children on stable highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART).