Point-of-care HIV viral load testing: an essential tool for a sustainable global HIV/AIDS response

PK Drain, J Dorward, A Bender, L Lillis… - Clinical microbiology …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
The global public health community has set ambitious treatment targets to end the HIV/AIDS
pandemic. With the notable absence of a cure, the goal of HIV treatment is to achieve …

Cost‐effectiveness of routine viral load monitoring in low‐and middle‐income countries: a systematic review

RV Barnabas, P Revill, N Tan… - Journal of the …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Routine viral load monitoring for HIV‐1 management of persons on antiretroviral
therapy (ART) has been recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) to identify …

Monitoring and switching of first-line antiretroviral therapy in adult treatment cohorts in sub-Saharan Africa: collaborative analysis

AD Haas, O Keiser, E Balestre, S Brown… - The lancet HIV, 2015 - thelancet.com
Background HIV-1 viral load testing is recommended to monitor antiretroviral therapy (ART)
but is not universally available. The aim of our study was to assess monitoring of first-line …

The need for second-line antiretroviral therapy in adults in sub-Saharan Africa up to 2030: a mathematical modelling study

J Estill, N Ford, L Salazar-Vizcaya, AD Haas… - The Lancet …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background The number of patients in need of second-line antiretroviral drugs is increasing
in sub-Saharan Africa. We aimed to project the need of second-line antiretroviral therapy in …

[HTML][HTML] HIV prevention: the key to ending AIDS by 2030

NK Poku - The Open AIDS Journal, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
There is no viable substitute for re-energizing, funding and supporting culturally attuned,
locally staffed HIV advocacy and prevention programmes, especially in resource poor …

The role of HIV viral load in mathematical models of HIV transmission and treatment: a review

T Glass, L Myer, M Lesosky - BMJ Global Health, 2020 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction HIV viral load (VL) is accepted as a key biomarker in HIV transmission and
pathogenesis. This paper presents a review of the role of VL testing in mathematical models …

A simple phosphate-buffered-saline-based extraction method improves specificity of HIV viral load monitoring using dried blood spots

AT Makadzange, FK Boyd… - Journal of clinical …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT Although Roche COBAS Ampliprep/COBAS TaqMan (CAP/CTM) systems are
widely used in sub-Saharan Africa for early infant diagnosis of HIV from dried blood spots …

[HTML][HTML] Monitoring and switching of first-line antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa: collaborative analysis of adult treatment cohorts

AD Haas, O Keiser, E Balestre, S Brown… - The lancet …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background HIV-1 viral load (VL) testing is recommended to monitor antiretroviral therapy
(ART) but not universally available. We examined monitoring of first-line and switching to …

How to achieve the global 90‐90‐90 target by 2020 in sub‐Saharan Africa? A mathematical modelling study

J Estill, K Marsh, C Autenrieth… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Objectives The 90‐90‐90 target states that by 2020, 90% of people living with HIV
should be diagnosed, 90% of those diagnosed treated, and 90% of those treated virally …

Etude des résistances du VIH-1 au traitement antirétroviral et amélioration du suivi virologique des patients vivant avec le VIH dans les pays du Sud

E Guichet - 2016 - theses.hal.science
Quinze ans après la mise en place et l'accès élargi au traitement antirétroviral (TAR) dans
les pays du Sud, la suppression virale, objectif clé de son efficacité, n'est pas atteinte chez …