Longer term clinical and virological outcome of sub-Saharan African participants on antiretroviral treatment in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study

Staehelin, Cornelia; Keiser, Olivia; Calmy, Alexandra; Weber, Rainer; Elzi, Luigia; Cavassini, Matthias; Schmid, Patrick; Bernasconi, Enos; Furrer, Hansjakob

doi:10.1097/QAI.0b013e318236be70

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English

Longer term clinical and virological outcome of sub-Saharan African participants on antiretroviral treatment in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study

ContributorsStaehelin, Cornelia; Keiser, Olivia

; Calmy, Alexandra

; Weber, Rainer; Elzi, Luigia; Cavassini, Matthias; Schmid, Patrick; Bernasconi, Enos; Furrer, Hansjakob

Published inJournal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes, vol. 59, no. 1, p. 79-85

Publication date2012

Abstract

Persons from sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are increasingly enrolled in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study (SHCS). Cohorts from other European countries showed higher rates of viral failure among their SSA participants. We analyzed long-term outcomes of SSA versus North Western European participants.

Keywords

Adult
Africa South of the Sahara/ethnology
African Continental Ancestry Group
Anti-HIV Agents/therapeutic use
CD4 Lymphocyte Count
Cohort Studies
European Continental Ancestry Group
Female
HIV Infections/drug therapy/ethnology/virology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
Switzerland/epidemiology
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
Viral Load/drug effects

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

Research groups

VIH/SIDA (930)

Citation (ISO format)

STAEHELIN, Cornelia et al. Longer term clinical and virological outcome of sub-Saharan African participants on antiretroviral treatment in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study. In: Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes, 2012, vol. 59, n° 1, p. 79–85. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e318236be70

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PID : unige:31627
DOI : 10.1097/QAI.0b013e318236be70
PMID : 21937923

Journal ISSN1525-4135

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Longer term clinical and virological outcome of sub-Saharan African participants on antiretroviral treatment in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study

Persons from sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are increasingly enrolled in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study (SHCS). Cohorts from other European countries showed higher rates of viral failure among their SSA participants. We analyzed long-term outcomes of SSA versus North Western European participants.

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