دورية أكاديمية
Immunovirological treatment out- comes after 2 years of antiretroviral therapy in children living with the human immune deficiency virus in Lagos Nigeria
| العنوان: | Immunovirological treatment out- comes after 2 years of antiretroviral therapy in children living with the human immune deficiency virus in Lagos Nigeria |
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| المؤلفون: | Nwaiwu O, Akindele AJ, Akanmu AS, Adeyemi OO |
| المصدر: | Nigerian Journal of Paediatrics, Vol 47, Iss 4, Pp 336-344 (2024) |
| بيانات النشر: | Paediatric Association of Nigeria, 2024. |
| سنة النشر: | 2024 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Medicine |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), zidovudine, lamivudine, nevirapine, virological blips, immunovirological discordance, children, nigeria, Medicine |
| الوصف: | Background/objective: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends routine assessment of antiretroviral treatment outcomes to detect treatment failure early and prevent the development of drug resistance. The aim of this study was to describe treatment outcomes of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) over 2 years in children living with the human immune deficiency virus enrolled in the paediatric HIV clinic at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). Materials and methods: This was a retrospective study of antiretroviral treatment outcomes in 278 children receiving antiretroviral therapy at the paediatric HIV clinic of LUTH. Demographic, clinical and laboratory data were retrospectively collected from clinical records of pediatric patients who received antiretroviral therapy for 2 years ( from November 2015 to December 2017) . Virological failure was defined as viral load > 400 copies/ml and immunological failure was defined as a CD4 count 5000 copies/ml), poor adherence ( |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 0302-4660 2814-2985 |
| Relation: | https://www.njpaediatrics.com/index.php/njp/article/view/41; https://doaj.org/toc/0302-4660; https://doaj.org/toc/2814-2985 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/065552488ec5410abf8d43d1ed521ff1 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.065552488ec5410abf8d43d1ed521ff1 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
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