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Simplifying switch to second-line antiretroviral therapy in sub Saharan Africa: predicted effect of using a single viral load to define efavirenz-based first-line failure

BACKGROUND: Many individuals failing first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa never initiate second-line ART or do so after significant delay. For people on ART with a viral load more than 1000 copies/ml, the WHO recommends a second viral load measurement 3 months after the firs...

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Autores principales: Shroufi, Amir, Van Cutsem, Gilles, Cambiano, Valentina, Bansi-Matharu, Loveleen, Duncan, Kristal, Murphy, Richard A., Maman, David, Phillips, Andrew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6641111/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31305331
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000002234