Lifetime Changes in CD4 T-cell count, Viral Load Suppression and Adherence among Adolescents Living with HIV in Urban Peru

Rodriguez C.A.; Kolevic L.; Ramos A.; Wong M.; Munoz M.; Patel K.; Franke M.F. · Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal (2020) · DOI: 10.1097/inf.0000000000002501

Resumen

We quantified longitudinal changes in CD4 T-cell count, viral load suppression and combined antiretroviral therapy adherence from childhood to adolescence among patients living with HIV in urban Peru. Mean CD4 count and viral load suppression decreased dramatically in early adolescence (13 years of age) in tandem with increases in nonadherence.