Virological failure and treatment switch after ART initiation among people living with HIV with and without routine viral load monitoring in Asia

• Main Authors: Teeraananchai, Sirinya, Law, Matthew, Boettiger, David, De la Mata, Nicole, Gupte, Nikhil, Chan, Yun-ting Lawrence, Pham, Thach Ngoc, Chaiwarith, Romanee, Ly, Penh Sun, Chan, Yu-Jiun, Kiertiburanakul, Sasisopin, Khusuwan, Suwimon, Zhang, Fujie, Yunihastuti, Evy, Kumarasamy, Nagalingeswaran, Pujari, Sanjay, Azwa, Iskandar, Somia, I. Ketut Agus, Tanuma, Junko, Ditangco, Rossana, Choi, Jun Yong, Ng, Oon Tek, Do, Cuong Duy, Gani, Yasmin, Ross, Jeremy, Jiamsakul, Awachana
• Format: Article
• Published: Wiley Open Access 2022
• Subjects: RA Public aspects of medicine; RC Internal medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/41402/

Introduction Viral load (VL) testing is still challenging to monitor treatment responses of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV treatment programme in Asia. We assessed the association between routine VL testing and virological failure (VF) and determine factors associated with switching to second-...