Costenaro, PaolaLundin, RebeccaPetrara, Maria RaffaellaPenazzato, MartinaMassavon, WilliamKizito, SusanNabachwa, Sandra MonicaNannyonga Musoke, MariaNamisi, CharlesMorelli, ErikaBilardi, DavideMazza, MazzaZanchetta, MarisaGiaquinto, CarloDe Rossi, Anita2018-12-172018-12-172014-04-222665-2667http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12280/1236High rates of virological suppression were reported among HIV-1-infected children of low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) up to 5 to 6 years after receiving combined antiretroviral treatment (cART) (1). In 2013, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended viral load (VL) monitoring as the preferred approach to detecting treatment failure (TF) among HIV-1-infected children. High costs, a lack of adequate facilities, and inappropriate handling of specimens still limit the implementation of VL monitoring in LMIC, leading to delays in detecting treatment failure when immunological and/or clinical criteria are used instead.enAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United Stateshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/Viral load detectionDried blood spotsHIVInfected childrenUgandaTreatment failureHIV-1-infected childrenLow- and middle-income countriesArticle