Response to Castelnuovo et al. regarding our article 'Failure of immunologic criteria to appropriately identify antiretroviral treatment failure in Uganda'

AIDS

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1296-

  Reynolds, Steven J ^a,b   Quinn, Thomas C ^a,b   Gray, Ronald H ^c   Serwadda, David ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; LETTER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UGANDA; VIRUS LOAD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 67651024169     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32832cbd59     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

1. Reynolds S, Nakigozi G, Newell K, Ndyanabo A, Galiwongo R, Boaz I, et al. Failure of immunologic criteria to appropriately identify antiretroviral treatment failure in Uganda. AIDS 2009; 23.
2. Castelnuovo B, Kiragga A, Schaefer P, Kambugu A, Manabe Y. High rate of misclassification of treatment failure based on WHO immunological criteria. AIDS 2009; 23.
3. Moore DM, Mermin J, Awor A, Yip B, Hogg RS, Montaner JS. Performance of immunologic responses in predicting viral load suppression: implications for monitoring patients in resource-limited settings. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2006; 43:436-439.