Open AccessCopy-Years Viremia and Risk of Virological Failure in Long-Term–Treated HIV Patients
Author(s) -
Francesca Falasca,
Corrado De Vito,
Laura Mazzuti,
Daniele Di Carlo,
Luigi Celani,
Caterina Fimiani,
Gabriella d’Ettorre,
Ivano Mezzaroma,
Guido Antonelli,
Ombretta Turriziani
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0000000000001931
Subject(s) - viremia , interquartile range , hazard ratio , viral load , medicine , confidence interval , gastroenterology , quartile , immunology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)
Viremia copy-years (VCY) is associated with mortality and disease outcome prediction. This study evaluated the association of VCY with virological failure (VF), defined as a plasma viral load (pVL) >400 copies/mL, and with single levels of viremia.