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01-12-2010 | Poster presentation
A filter-based cross-sectional analysis of an HIV-positive, HAART-treated cohort in rural Burundi: pharmacokinetics, pharmacogenetics and viral load
Authors:
A Calcagno, MG Milia, A D'Avolio, P Ndayishimiyae, P Dusabimana, S Bonora, J Cusato, M Simiele, R Rostagno, M Siccardi, S Audagnotto, V Ghisetti, G Di Perri
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Journal of the International AIDS Society
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Special Issue 4/2010
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Excerpt
In Burundi Triomune® is the first-line HIV treatment and it is estimated to reach 30% of those in need, but efficacy monitoring does not rely on viral load (VL) quantification, due to cost and technical limitations. Furthermore nevirapine (NVP) is known to have a highly variable pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacogenetics (PG), but no data are currently available in this population. …