title: Researchers find easy way to predict outcomes.
abstract: Investigators have found that by looking at early viral decline, a clinician can predict a 12-week outcome among patients starting an antiretroviral regimen. The key is to buck conventional wisdom and look at viral load results within a week of treatment. 'If people are suppressed in that first week, then it is maintained,' says an investigator with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease.
mesh_terms: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010349:Patient Compliance; D012106:Research; D019562:Viral Load
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents