Impact of point-of-care HIV viral load and targeted drug resistance mutation testing on viral suppression among Kenyan pregnant and postpartum women: results from a prospective cohort study (Opt4Mamas).
Rena C PatelPatrick OyaroKatherine K ThomasGaroma Wakjira BashaJames WagudeIrene MukuiEvelyn BrownShukri A HassanEunice KinywaFredrick OluochFrancesca OdhiamboBoaz OyaroLeonard KingwaraEnericah KaraukiNashon YongoLindah OtienoGrace C John-StewartLisa L AbuogiPublished in: Journal of the International AIDS Society (2023)
Our combined strategy markedly decreased turnaround time but did not increase VS rates, which were already very high, or sustained VS among pregnant and postpartum women living with HIV. Further research on how best to utilize POC VL and DRM testing is needed to optimize sustained VS among this population.