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

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2020 Jan;39(1):54-56. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002501.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active
  • CD4 Lymphocyte Count*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy
  • HIV Infections / epidemiology
  • HIV Infections / immunology*
  • HIV Infections / virology*
  • HIV*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Patient Compliance
  • Peru / epidemiology
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Urban Health
  • Viral Load*