Research Article
HIV Suppression among Patients on Treatment in Vietnam: A Review of HIV Viral Load Testing in a Public Urban Clinic in Ho Chi Minh City
Table 3
Characteristics of patients on ART >1 yr—targeted testing and routine testing.
| | Characteristic | Targeted testing () | Routine testing () |
| | CD4 cell count, median (interquartile range) cells/μL | | | | at time of registration to An Hoa OPC | 45 (14–107) | 59 (18–149) | | at time of VL testing | 78 (53–93) | 267 (179–400) | | Documented immunologic failure (%) | 24 (83) | 14 (7) | | Documented clinical failure (%) | 6 (21) | 8 (4) | | Switch to 2nd line (%) | 9 (31) | 3 (2) | | Undetectable or VL < 1000 copies/mL (%) | 15 (52) | 160 (80) | | Significant viremia (copies/mL) | | | | High viremia: VL > 10000 (%) | 13 (45) | 14 (7) | | Moderate viremia: 10000 > VL > 1000 (%) | 1 (3) | 25 (13) |
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ART: antiretroviral therapy.
OPC: outpatient center, VL: viral load.
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