South Africa
Impact of HIV-status disclosure on HIV viral load in pregnant and postpartum women on antiretroviral therapy
Brittain K, Mellins CA, Remien RH, Phillips TK, Zerbe A, Abrams EJ, Myer L. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2019 Mar 29. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002036. [Epub ahead of print] Abstract BACKGROUND: HIV-status disclosure is widely encouraged by counselling...
Early infant diagnosis HIV-1 PCR cycle-threshold predicts infant viral load at birth
Haeri Mazanderani A, Kufa T, Technau KG, Strehlau R, Patel F, Shiau S, Burke M, Kuhn L, Abrams EJ, Sherman GG; LEOPARD Study Team. J Clin Virol. 2019 Mar 18;114:21-25. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2019.03.009. [Epub ahead of print] Abstract BACKGROUND: HIV-1 viral load...
Antiretroviral adherence, elevated viral load and drug resistant mutations in HIV-infected women initiating treatment in pregnancy: a nested case-control study
Myer L, Redd AD, Mukonda E, Lynch BA, Phillips TK, Eisenberg A, Hsiao NY, Capoferri A, Zerbe A, Clarke W, Lesosky M, Breaud A, McIntyre J, Bruno D, Martens C, Abrams EJ, Reynolds SJ. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Mar 16. pii: ciz209. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz209. [Epub ahead of...