PMID- 21490776
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110714
LR  - 20211020
IS  - 2090-1259 (Electronic)
IS  - 2090-1240 (Print)
IS  - 2090-1240 (Linking)
VI  - 2011
DP  - 2011
TI  - HIV Suppression among Patients on Treatment in Vietnam: A Review of HIV Viral 
      Load Testing in a Public Urban Clinic in Ho Chi Minh City.
PG  - 230953
LID - 10.1155/2011/230953 [doi]
LID - 230953
AB  - Background. There are few reports of HIV viral load (VL) testing among patients 
      on ART in Vietnam. Methods. From a public clinic in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), we 
      reviewed cases of VL measurements from adults on ART. Results. We identified 228 
      cases. Median age was 30 years (27-34), 85% were male, and 77% had a history of 
      IDU. The mean ART duration was 26 months (95% CI 25-27); d4T/3TC/NVP was the most 
      common regimen. Viral suppression was seen in 160/228 (70%). Viremia 
      (>1000 copies/mL) was associated with prior ART exposure (OR 5.68, P < .0001) and 
      immunologic failure (OR 4.69, P = .0001). Targeted testing accounted for 13% of 
      cases, only half of which yielded viremia. Conclusion. We demonstrate a high HIV 
      suppression rate among patients on ART in HCMC, Vietnam. In this setting, routine 
      testing detects viremia missed by targeted testing.
FAU - Trinh, T Tony
AU  - Trinh TT
AD  - Department of General Internal Medicine, Alpert School of Medicine of Brown 
      University, 593 Eddy St., Providence, RI 02909, USA.
FAU - Montague, Brian T
AU  - Montague BT
FAU - Flanigan, Timothy P
AU  - Flanigan TP
FAU - Gerard, Hoang My
AU  - Gerard HM
LA  - eng
GR  - T32 DA013911/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20110207
PL  - United States
TA  - AIDS Res Treat
JT  - AIDS research and treatment
JID - 101553816
PMC - PMC3066628
EDAT- 2011/04/15 06:00
MHDA- 2011/04/15 06:01
PMCR- 2011/02/07
CRDT- 2011/04/15 06:00
PHST- 2010/05/15 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2010/12/15 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2011/04/15 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/04/15 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/04/15 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2011/02/07 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1155/2011/230953 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - AIDS Res Treat. 2011;2011:230953. doi: 10.1155/2011/230953. Epub 2011 Feb 7.