Early Outcomes and the Virological Effect of Delayed Treatment Switching to Second-Line Therapy in An Antiretroviral Roll-Out Programme in South Africa
Author(s) -
Julie H. Levison,
Catherine Orrell,
Elena Losina,
Zhigang Lu,
Kenneth A. Freedberg,
Robin Wood
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
antiviral therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.747
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 2040-2058
pISSN - 1359-6535
DOI - 10.3851/imp1819
Subject(s) - zidovudine , medicine , viral load , didanosine , multivariate analysis , lopinavir , ritonavir , retrospective cohort study , antiretroviral therapy , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virology , immunology , viral disease
More patients in resource-limited settings are starting second-line antiretroviral treatment (ART) following first-line ART failure. We aimed to describe predictors of lack of virological suppression in HIV-infected patients on second-line ART in a roll-out programme in South Africa.
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