Is There a Need for Viral Load Testing to Assess Treatment Failure in HIV-Infected Patients Who Are about to Change to Tenofovir-Based First-Line Antiretroviral Therapy? Programmatic Findings from Myanmar

BACKGROUND: WHO recommends that stavudine is phased out of antiretroviral therapy (ART) programmes and replaced with tenofovir (TDF) for first-line treatment. In this context, the Integrated HIV Care Program, Myanmar, evaluated patients for ART failure using HIV RNA viral load (VL) before making the...

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Autores principales: Thiha, Nay, Chinnakali, Palanivel, Harries, Anthony D., Shwe, Myint, Balathandan, Thanumalaya Perumal, Thein Than Tun, Sai, Das, Mrinalini, Tin, Htay Htay, Yi, Yi, Babin, François Xavier, Lwin, Thi Thi, Clevenbergh, Philippe Albert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4978485/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27505228
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0160616

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4978485/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27505228
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0160616

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