Article
Drug resistance is rarely the cause or consequence of long-term persistent low-level viraemia in HIV-1-infected patients on ART.
Antiviral therapy - 1 Jan 2015
Vancoillie Leen, Mortier Virginie, Demecheleer Els, Schauvliege Marlies, Vandekerckhove Linos, Vogelaers Dirk, Verhofstede Chris
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The introduction of highly sensitive HIV-1 viral load assays with a lower quantification limit of 20 copies/ml uncovered that in a number of patients on ART, the viral load systematically fluctuates around or slightly above the detection limit of the assays. This study aimed to analys...
Topics
- Adult
- Anti-HIV Agents
- Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active
- CD4 Lymphocyte Count
- Drug Resistance, Viral
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Genotype
- HIV Infections
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Retrospective Studies
- Treatment Failure
- Treatment Outcome
- Viral Load