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    HIV Viral Load Monitoring in Resource-Limited Regions: Optional or Necessary?

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    Authors
    Calmy, A
    Ford, N
    Hirschel, B
    Reynolds, S
    Lynen, L
    Goemaere, E
    Garcia de la Vega, F
    Perrin, L
    Rodriguez, W
    Affiliation
    Medecins sans Frontieres, Access to Medicines Campaign, Geneva, 1211, Switzerland. acalmy@gmail.com
    Issue Date
    2007-01-01
    
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    Clinical Infectious Diseases
    Abstract
    Although it is a standard practice in high-income countries, determination of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) load is not recommended in developing countries because of the costs and technical constraints. As more and more countries establish capacity to provide second-line therapy, and as costs and technological constraints associated with viral load testing decrease, the question of whether determination of the viral load is necessary deserves attention. Viral load testing could increase in importance as a guide for clinical decisions on when to switch to second-line treatment and on how to optimize the duration of the first-line treatment regimen. In addition, the viral load is a particularly useful tool for monitoring adherence to treatment, performing sentinel surveillance, and diagnosing HIV infection in children aged <18 months. Rather than considering viral load data to be an unaffordable luxury, efforts should be made to ensure that viral load testing becomes affordable, simple, and easy to use in resource-limited settings.
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    Published by: Infectious Diseases Society of America
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10144/17733
    DOI
    10.1086/510073
    PubMed ID
    17143828
    Additional Links
    http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/page/cid/brief.html
    Language
    en
    ISSN
    1537-6591
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1086/510073
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    HIV/AIDS

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