Monitoring adherence to antiretroviral treatment in Brazil: an urgent challenge Monitoramento da adesão ao tratamento antirretroviral no Brasil: um urgente desafio

• Main Authors: Gustavo Machado Rocha (Author), Carla Jorge Machado (Author), Francisco de Assis Acurcio (Author), Mark Drew Crosland Guimarães (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The aim of this study was to describe the effect of non-adherence on the main laboratory outcomes, TCD4+ lymphocyte count and viral load, routinely used to monitor patients initiating treatment according to three different approaches to measure adherence to antiretroviral therapy. Among 288 particip...