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De:	Dozie Ezechukwu [ Profil ]
Sujet:	Extensive resistance common in Nigerians failing antiretroviral
Envoyé:	Jul 10th, 2008 - 20:07:54

	Dear All, I just read this on NHVMAG list serve and thought I must share with all. Dozie. Dear All, I¢m not sure most of us have seen this worrisome article let alone do something about it. But I think those driving our ART programmes should not just read this and go to sleep! Moderator Extensive resistance common in Nigerians failing antiretroviral therapy ********* Keith Alcorn, Thursday, June 05, 2008 Just over half of a sample of Nigerian patients on failing antiretroviral therapy had extensive cross-resistance to all nucleoside analogues, including tenofovir, according to findings from Nigeria¢s national treatment programme presented on Wednesdayat the 2008 HIV Implementers¢ meeting in Kampala, Uganda. The findings provide a sobering warning of what can happen in settings where largely unrestricted private sector prescribing of antiretroviral drugs is accompanied by a lack of viral load testing to detect cases of treatment failure, and could have important implications for the efficacy of second-line treatment in some developing countries. Please link below for more of the story. http://www.aidsmap. com/en/news/ B655EFC0- EF79-4823- 92EF-AAE954FE13B C.asp

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