ArticleAIDS research and therapy2018
Long-term virological outcome in children receiving first-line antiretroviral therapy.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Prevalence and predictors of virological failure in pediatric patients on HAART in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The Pan African medical journal · 2023Pooled it
- First line antiretroviral treatment failure and its association with drug substitution and sex among children in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2022Pooled it
- Virologic response of treatment experienced HIV-infected Ugandan children and adolescents on NNRTI based first-line regimen, previously monitored without viral load.BMC pediatrics · 2021Trial
- Factors Influencing Adherence to Pediatric Antiretroviral Therapy: Experience from a Tertiary Care Center in Oman.Cureus · 2026Article
- HIV viral suppression outcomes of Tenofovir- and Abacavir-based antiretroviral regimens among children on ART in Zambia.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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- Lessons Learned from the Impact of HIV Status Disclosure to Children after First-Line Antiretroviral Treatment Failure in Kinshasa, DR Congo.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Molecular Characterization of theAIDS research and human retroviruses · 2022Article
- Retrospective cohort analysis of survival of children living with HIV/AIDS in Mumbai, India.BMJ open · 2021Article
- High rate of loss to follow-up and virological non-suppression in HIV-infected children on antiretroviral therapy highlights the need to improve quality of care in South Africa.Epidemiology and infection · 2021Article
- Virological failure and associated factors among children receiving anti-retroviral therapy, Northwest Ethiopia.PloS one · 2021Article
- Rates and Correlates of Short Term Virologic Response among Treatment-Naïve HIV-Infected Children Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy in Ethiopia: A Multi-Center Prospective Cohort Study.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundStudies relating to long-term virological outcomes among children on first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) from low and middle-income countries are limited.
methodsPerinatally HIV infected, ART-naive children, between 2 and 12 years of age, initiating NNRTI-based ART during 2010-2015, with at least 12 months of follow-up, were included in the analysis. CD4 cell counts and plasma HIV-1 RNA were measured every 24 weeks post-ART initiation. Immunologic failure was defined as a decrease in the CD4 count to pre-therapy levels or below and virologic failure as HIV-RNA of > 1000 copies/ml at 48 weeks after ART initiation. Genotypic resistance testing was performed for children with virologic failure. Logistic regression analysis was done to identify predictors of virologic failure.
resultsThree hundred and ninety-three ART-naïve children living with HIV [mean (SD) age: 7.6 (3) years; mean (SD) CD4%: 16% (8); median (IQR) HIV-RNA: 5.1 (3.5-5.7) log
conclusionsConsiderable immunological improvement is seen in children with ART initiation, but may not be an effective tool to monitor treatment response in the long-term. There is a lack of correlation between immunologic and virologic response while on ART, which may lead to a delay in identifying treatment failures. Periodic viral load monitoring is, therefore, a priority.
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