Higher Art Adherence is Associated with Lower Systemic Inflammation in Treatment-Naïve Ugandans Who Achieve Virologic Suppression

Abstract

Residual systemic inflammation persists despite suppressive antiretroviral therapy (ART) and is associated with non-AIDS clinical outcomes. We aimed to evaluate the association between ART adherence and inflammation in Ugandans living with HIV who were predominantly receiving nevirapine-based ART with a thymidine analog backbone and were virologically suppressed by conventional assays.