High prevalence of HIV-1 drug resistance among patients on first-line antiretroviral treatment in Lomé, Togo
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...However, the few studies reporting on ART using the public health approach showed more contrasted results, with virological succes after 12 months ranging from 50% to more than 90% [13,14]....
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...This is in agreement with observations from a recent study in Malawi, which also showed clearly that when only clinical and CD4 count cell criteria are used to monitor first-line ART failure, extensive NRTI and NNRTI resistance emerges, with 23% patients having resistance profiles that compromise second-line ART [ 16 ]....
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...Several cohort studies, using virological monitoring, have shown that ART treatment in resource-poor settings has efficacy rates similar to those reported for developed countries [7-12]....
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