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Impact of a modified directly administered antiretroviral treatment intervention on virological outcome in HIV-infected patients treated in Burkina Faso and Mali.
HIV medicine - 1 Mar 2009
Pirkle C M, Boileau C, Nguyen V-K, Machouf N, Ag-Aboubacrine S, Niamba P A, Drabo J, Koala S, Tremblay C, Rashed S
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OBJECTIVE: This study explores whether viral load measurements can be used in resource-limited settings to target those in need of adherence assistance. It was hypothesized that high plasma viral loads (pVLs) (>/=500 HIV-1 RNA copies/mL) were the result of poor antiretroviral therapy adherence and amenable to improvement with adherence assistance. DESIGN: A single-arm, multicentre pilot study was conducted from...
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