Assessment of WHO criteria for identifying ART treatment failure in Vietnam from 2007 to 2011.
Nicole Kim-Ahn LeEmilia RiggiGaetano MarroneTam Van VuRicardo O IzurietaChuc Kim Thi NguyenMattias LarssonCuong Duy DoPublished in: PloS one (2017)
The sensitivity of the WHO immunological criteria is poor, but the specificity is high. Although testing costs may increase, we recommend that Vietnam and other similar settings adopt viral load testing as the principal method for determining ART failure.