Effectiveness of first-line antiretroviral therapy and correlates of longitudinal changes in CD4 and viral load among HIV-infected children in Ghana
Barry O, Powell J, Renner L, Bonney EY, Prin M, Ampofo W, Kusah J, Goka B, Sagoe K, Shabanova V, Paintsil E. Effectiveness of first-line antiretroviral therapy and correlates of longitudinal changes in CD4 and viral load among HIV-infected children in Ghana. BMC Infectious Diseases 2013, 13: 476. PMID: 24119088, PMCID: PMC3852953, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-476.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric HIV clinicResource-limited countriesViral loadDrug-resistant mutationsVirologic failureHIV clinicFirst-line antiretroviral therapyHIV viral load monitoringCohort of HIVFirst-line ARTFirst-line regimenGenotypic resistance testingHIV viral loadInitiation of therapyType of regimenViral load monitoringSeverity of illnessViral load testingVirologic treatment failurePrimary care giversAntiretroviral therapyART regimensCD4 countTreatment failureWHO criteria