Costenaro, PaolaLundin, RebeccaPetrara, Raffaella MariaPenazzato, MartinaMassavon, WilliamKizito, SusanNabachwa, Monica SandraMusoke, Nannyonga MariaNamisi, CharlesMorelli, ErikaBilardi, DavideMazza, AntonioZanchetta, MarisaGiaquinto, CarloRossi, De Anita2021-05-052021-05-052014-07Costenaro, P., Lundin, R., Petrara, M.R., Penazzato, M., Massavon, W., Kizito, S., Nabachwa, S.M., Musoke, M.N., Namisi, C., Morelli, E. and Bilardi, D., 2014. 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. Journal of clinical microbiology, 52(7), pp.2665-2667.0095-11371098-660Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12280/2818Correlations 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.enViral load detectionDried blood spotsHIV-1-infected childrenUgandaClinicalImmunologicalTreatment failureArticle