| Literature DB >> 24789197 |
Paola Costenaro1, Rebecca Lundin2, Maria Raffaella Petrara3, Martina Penazzato2, William Massavon2, Susan Kizito4, Sandra Monica Nabachwa4, Maria Nannyonga Musoke4, Charles Namisi4, Erika Morelli2, Davide Bilardi2, Antonio Mazza5, Marisa Zanchetta3, Carlo Giaquinto2, Anita De Rossi6.
Abstract
Correlations between clinical/immunological treatment failure and viral load (VL) detected by dried blood spot (DBS) sampling were explored in HIV-1-infected children in Uganda. Of 104 children on combined antiretroviral treatment (cART), 12.5% experienced clinical and/or immunological failure, while 28.8%, 44.2%, and 26.9% had VLs of <1,000, 1,000 to 5,000, and >5,000 copies/ml, respectively. Clinical/immunological failure poorly predicted virological failure.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24789197 PMCID: PMC4097737 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00961-14
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948