Demographic and clinical correlates of HIV-1 RNA levels in antiretroviral therapy-naive adults attending a tertiary hospital in Jos, Nigeria

• Main Authors: Joseph Anejo-Okopi (Author), Isaac Okoh Abah (Author), Yakhat Barshep (Author), Augustine Odo Ebonyi (Author), Comfort Daniyam (Author), Samson Ejiji Isa (Author), Gomerep Simji (Author), Stephen Oguche (Author), Patricia Agaba (Author), Patricia Lar (Author), Oche Agbaji (Author), John A. Idoko (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Plasma HIV-RNA viral load (VL) of HIV-infected persons is an important prognostic factor in HIV management. We determined the VL among antiretroviral therapy (ART)-naive patients to identify the association between patients' demographic, clinical and laboratory characteristics with...