Drug resistance patterns following pharmacy stock shortage in Nigerian Antiretroviral Treatment Program

Drug resistance patterns following pharmacy stock shortage in Nigerian Antiretroviral Treatment Program

Abstract Background For patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART), treatment interruptions can impact patient outcomes and result in the accumulation of drug resistance mutations leading to virologic failure. There are minimal published data on the impact of an ART stock shortage on development of dr...

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Main Authors: Seema T. Meloni, Beth Chaplin, John Idoko, Oche Agbaji, Sulaimon Akanmu, Godwin Imade, Prosper Okonkwo, Robert L. Murphy, Phyllis J. Kanki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:AIDS Research and Therapy
Subjects:
Antiretroviral therapy
Drug resistance
Mutations
Unstructured treatment interruption
Drug shortage
Nigeria
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12981-017-0184-5

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