Impact of point-of-care HIV viral load and targeted drug resistance mutation testing on viral suppression among Kenyan pregnant and postpartum women: results from a prospective cohort study (Opt4Mamas)

CONCLUSIONS: Our combined strategy markedly decreased turnaround time but did not increase VS rates, which were already very high, or sustained VS among pregnant and postpartum women living with HIV. Further research on how best to utilize POC VL and DRM testing is needed to optimize sustained VS among this population.PMID:37938856 | PMC:PMC10631517 | DOI:10.1002/jia2.26182

Source: Journal of the International AIDS Society - November 8, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Rena C Patel Patrick Oyaro Katherine K Thomas Garoma Wakjira Basha James Wagude Irene Mukui Evelyn Brown Shukri A Hassan Eunice Kinywa Fredrick Oluoch Francesca Odhiambo Boaz Oyaro Leonard Kingwara Enericah Karauki Nashon Yongo Lindah Otieno Grace C John- Source Type: research