Demographic and clinical correlates of HIV-1 RNA levels in antiretroviral therapy-naive adults attending a tertiary hospital in Jos, Nigeria

Demographic and clinical correlates of HIV-1 RNA levels in antiretroviral therapy-naive adults attending a tertiary hospital in Jos, Nigeria

Background: Plasma HIV-RNA viral load (VL) of HIV-infected persons is an important prognostic factor in HIV management. We determined the VL among antiretroviral therapy (ART)-naive patients to identify the association between patients’ demographic, clinical and laboratory characteristics with VL. M...

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Main Authors: Joseph Anejo-Okopi, Isaac Okoh Abah, Yakhat Barshep, Augustine Odo Ebonyi, Comfort Daniyam, Samson Ejiji Isa, Gomerep Simji, Stephen Oguche, Patricia Agaba, Patricia Lar, Oche Agbaji, John A. Idoko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Virus Eradication
Subjects:
HIV
viral load
CD4+ cell count
sex difference
ART naive
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S205566402030296X

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