Measures of site resourcing predict virologic suppression, immunologic response and HIV disease progression following highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in the TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database (TAHOD)

• Main Authors: Oyomopito, R., Lee, M.P., Phanuphak, P., Lim, P.L., Ditangco, R., Zhou, J., Sirisanthana, T., Chen, Y.M.A., Pujari, S., Kumarasamy, N., Sungkanuparph, S., Lee, C.K.C., Kamarulzaman, A., Oka, S., Zhang, F.J., Mean, C.V., Merati, T., Tau, G., Smith, J., Li, P.C.K.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/4602/1/Oyomopito-2010-Measures_of_site_res.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/4602/

Objectives Surrogate markers of HIV disease progression are HIV RNA in plasma viral load (VL) and CD4 cell count (immune function). Despite improved international access to antiretrovirals, surrogate marker diagnostics are not routinely available in resource-limited settings. Therefore, the objectiv...