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Rates of virological suppression and drug resistance in adult HIV-1-positive patients attending primary healthcare facilities in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Nov 2017
Hunt Gillian M, Dokubo E Kainne, Takuva Simbarashe, de Oliveira Tulio, Ledwaba Johanna, Dube Nomathemba, Moodley Pravi, Sabatier Jennifer, Deyde Varough, Morris Lynn, Raizes Elliot
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BACKGROUND: KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Province in South Africa has the highest HIV disease burden in the country, with an estimated population prevalence of 24.7%. A pilot sentinel surveillance project was undertaken in KZN to classify the proportion of adult patients failing first-line ART and to describe the patterns of drug resistance mutations (DRMs) in patients with virological failure (VF). METHODS:...
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