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Virological Treatment Failure Among Adult HIV/AIDS Patients from Selected Hospitals of North Shoa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia.

Behailu Tariku DersehBelay ShewayergaAbinet Dagnaw MekuriaElyas Admasu Basha
Published in: Infection and drug resistance (2020)
The magnitude of virological ART treatment failure in this study was relatively high. Poor ART drug adherence, patients' having lower CD4 count and poorer quality of life were predictors of treatment failure. Thus, intervention programs that enrich patients' health-related quality of life should be implemented. Moreover, counseling that supplements the importance of drug adherence and reduction of risks that lower CD4 counts should be given emphasis which in turn helps to prevent first-line ART treatment failure.
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