Viral Load Detection Using Dried Blood Spots in a Cohort of HIV-1- Infected Children in Uganda: Correlations with Clinical and Immunological Criteria for Treatment Failure
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2014-07Author
Costenaro, Paola
Lundin, Rebecca
Petrara, Raffaella Maria
Penazzato, Martina
Massavon, William
Kizito, Susan
Nabachwa, Monica Sandra
Musoke, Nannyonga Maria
Namisi, Charles
Morelli, Erika
Bilardi, Davide
Mazza, Antonio
Zanchetta, Marisa
Giaquinto, Carlo
Rossi, De Anita
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Correlations between clinical/immunological treatment failure and viral load (VL) detected by dried blood spot (DBS) sampling were explored in HIV-1-infected children in Uganda. Of 104 children on combined antiretroviral treatment (cART), 12.5% experienced clinical and/or immunological failure, while 28.8%, 44.2%, and 26.9% had VLs of <1,000, 1,000 to 5,000, and >5,000 copies/ml, respectively. Clinical/immunological failure poorly predicted virological failure.