Surveillance of transmitted HIV drug resistance with the World Health Organization threshold survey method in Lilongwe, Malawi

Antiviral Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages 83-87

  Kamoto, Kelita ^a,b   Aberle Grasse, John ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^b Malawi HIV Drug Resistance Task Force ^*

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCALE UP; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANTIVIRAL RESISTANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMANS; MALAWI; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRENATAL CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 47249087846     PISSN: 13596535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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