Virologic and immunologic failure, drug resistance and mortality during the first 24 months postpartum among HIV-infected women initiated on antiretroviral therapy for life in the Mitra plus Study, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ngarina, Matilda ^a,c,d   Kilewo, Charles ^b   Karlsson, Katarina ^d   Aboud, Said ^b   Karlsson, Annika ^c   Marrone, Gaetano ^c   Leyna, Germana ^b   Ekström, Anna Mia ^c,e   Biberfeld, Gunnel ^c,d  

^a MUHIMBILI NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; Drug resistance; HIV; Option B+; Prevention of mother to child transmission; Tanzania; Virologic failure

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PUERPERIUM; SELF REPORT; TANZANIA; VIRUS LOAD; ANTIVIRAL RESISTANCE; BLOOD; BREAST FEEDING; GENETICS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IMMUNOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PREGNANCY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIREMIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; BREAST FEEDING; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, VIRAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITORS; RNA, VIRAL; TANZANIA; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIRAL LOAD; VIREMIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927135522     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-0914-z     Document Type: Article

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