Virological and Immunological Status of the People Living with HIV/AIDS Undergoing ART Treatment in Nepal

Table 4

Virological status of the patients under different ART regimens. The table shows the number of patients treated with different ART regimens and found to have different levels of viral load (detection limit of the assay was 400 copies/mL). VL: viral load. EFV: Efavirenz, 3TC: Lamivudine, NVP: Nevirapine, AZT: Zidovudine, and TDF: Tenofovir.

ART regimens	⁢Number of patients with				VL failure rate (%)
	VL < 400 copies/mL	VL = 400–1000 copies/mL	VL > 1000 copies/mL	Total
AZT/3TC/NVP	111	37	15	163	9.2
TDF/3TC/NVP	206	15	17	238	7.14
TDF/3TC/EFV	232	65	38	335	11.34
AZT/3TC/EFV	26	4	4	34	11.76
ABC/3TC/EFV	11	4	4	19	21.05
Other	29	4	4	37	10.81
Total	615	129	82	826	9.92