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Treatment as prevention in resource-limited settings: is it feasible to maintain HIV viral load suppression over time?
Author(s) -
M. Eugenia Socías,
Flavio Rotryng,
Pablo Lapadula,
Maira Medrano,
Daniela Paz,
Liliana V. Stern,
Alberto Lambierto,
Daniel Pryluka
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.2926
Subject(s) - viral load , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , resource (disambiguation) , medicine , limited resources , virology , computer science , intensive care medicine , risk analysis (engineering) , computer network
Recently, there has been increasing interest in the role of "treatment as prevention" (TasP). Some of the questions regarding TasP strategies arise from the perceived difficulties in achieving and maintaining viral load (VL) suppression over time and the risk of emergence of viral resistance that could compromise future treatment options. This study was conducted to assess these questions in a resource-limited setting.

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