The role of targeted viral load testing in diagnosing virological failure in children on antiretroviral therapy with immunological failure

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1386-1390

  Davies, Mary Ann ^a   Boulle, Andrew ^a   Technau, Karl ^b   Eley, Brian ^a   Moultrie, Harry ^c   Rabie, Helena ^d   Garone, Daniela ^e   Giddy, Janet ^f   Wood, Robin ^a   Egger, Matthias ^g   Keiser, Olivia ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^f MCCORD HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; Children; HIV; Immunological failure; Monitoring; Virological failure

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; VIRUS RNA;

CHILD HEALTH; DATA INTERPRETATION; DISEASE TREATMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PARASITE INTENSITY; PROBABILITY; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CONFIRMED VIROLOGICAL FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGICAL FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS LOAD;

ANTIRÉTROVIRAL; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; CHILDREN; ÉCHEC IMMUNOLOGIQUE; ÉCHEC VIROLOGIQUE VIH; ENFANTS; FALLO INMUNOLÓGICO; FALLO VIROLÓGICO; HIV; IMMUNOLOGICAL FAILURE; MONITORING; MONITORIZACIÓN; NIÑOS; SUIVI; TERAPIA ANTIRRETROVIRAL; THÉRAPIE; VIH; VIROLOGICAL FAILURE;

ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG MONITORING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RNA, VIRAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRAL LOAD;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84867914104     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.03073.x     Document Type: Article

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