Low Levels of Antiretroviral Resistant HIV Infection in a Routine Clinic in Cameroon that Uses the World Health Orgnization (WHO) Public Health Approach to Monitor Antiretroviral Treatment and Adequacy with the WHO Recommendation for Second-Line Treatment

A cross ... sectional study, performed at a routine human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/AIDS clinic in Cameroon that uses the World Health Organization public health approach, showed low rates of virological failure and drug resistance at 12 and 24 months after initiation of antiretroviral therapy. I...

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Published inClinical infectious diseases Vol. 48; no. 9; p. 1318
Main Authors Kouanfack, Charles, Montavon, Celine, Laurent, Christian, Aghokeng, Avelin, Kenfack, Alain, Bourgeois, Anke, Koulla-Shiro, Sinata, Mpoudi-Nyole, Eitel, Peeters, Martine, Delaporte, Eric
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Oxford University Press 01.05.2009
Subjects
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIDS
Antiretroviral drugs
Disease transmission
Drug therapy
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Maternal & child health
Risk factors
Studies
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Summary:A cross ... sectional study, performed at a routine human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/AIDS clinic in Cameroon that uses the World Health Organization public health approach, showed low rates of virological failure and drug resistance at 12 and 24 months after initiation of antiretroviral therapy. Importantly, the cross ... sectional study also showed that the World Health Organization recommendation for second ... line treatment would be effective in almost all patients with HIV drug resistance mutations. (ProQuest: ... denotes formulae/symbols omitted.)
ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591