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Strengthening HIV therapy and care in rural Tanzania affects rates of viral suppression

Ntamatungiro, Alex J. and Muri, Lukas and Glass, Tracy R. and Erb, Stefan and Battegay, Manuel and Furrer, Hansjakob and Hatz, Christoph and Tanner, Marcel and Felger, Ingrid and Klimkait, Thomas and Letang, Emilio and Kiularco Study Group, . (2017) Strengthening HIV therapy and care in rural Tanzania affects rates of viral suppression. The journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 72 (7). pp. 2069-2074.

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Abstract

To assess viral suppression rates, to assess prevalence of acquired HIV drug resistance and to characterize the spectrum of HIV-1 drug resistance mutations (HIV-DRM) in HIV-1-infected patients in a rural Tanzanian HIV cohort.; This was a cross-sectional study nested within the Kilombero and Ulanga Antiretroviral Cohort. Virological failure was defined as HIV-1 RNA ≥50 copies/mL. Risk factors associated with virological failure and with the development of HIV-DRM were assessed using logistic regression.; This study included 304 participants with a median time on ART of 3.5 years (IQR = 1.7-5.3 years); 91% were on an NNRTI-based regimen and 9% were on a boosted PI-based regimen. Viral suppression was observed in 277/304 patients (91%). Of the remaining 27 patients, 21 were successfully genotyped and 17/21 (81%) harboured ≥1 clinically relevant HIV-DRM. Of these, 13/17 (76.5%) had HIV-1 plasma viral loads of >1000 copies/mL. CD4 cell count <200 cells/mm 3 at the time of recruitment was independently associated with a close to 8-fold increased odds of virological failure [adjusted OR (aOR) = 7.71, 95% CI = 2.86-20.78, P  < 0.001] and with a >8-fold increased odds of developing HIV-DRM (aOR = 8.46, 95% CI = 2.48-28.93, P  = 0.001).; High levels of viral suppression can be achieved in rural sub-Saharan Africa when treatment and care programmes are well managed. In the absence of routine HIV sequencing, the WHO-recommended threshold of 1000 viral RNA copies/mL largely discriminates virological failure secondary to HIV-DRM.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Public Health > Sozial- und Präventivmedizin > Medicines Development (Paris)
09 Associated Institutions > Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) > Department of Medicine (MED) > Medicines Development (Paris)
09 Associated Institutions > Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH)
09 Associated Institutions > Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) > Former Units within Swiss TPH > Infectious Disease Modelling > Epidemiology and Transmission Dynamics (Smith)
09 Associated Institutions > Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) > Former Units within Swiss TPH > Molecular Diagnostics (Felger)
UniBasel Contributors:Muri, Lukas and Glass, Tracy and Erb, Stefan and Battegay, Manuel E. and Hatz, Christoph and Tanner, Marcel and Felger, Ingrid and Letang Jimenez de Anta, Emilio Angel
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Academic Press
ISSN:0305-7453
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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Deposited On:02 Feb 2018 07:49

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