title: Reducing Viral Load Measurements to Once a Year in Patients on Stable, Virologically Suppressive Cart Regimen: Findings from the Australian HIV Observational Database.
abstract: Reducing viral-load measurements to annual testing in virologically suppressed patients increases the estimated mean time those patients remain on a failing regimen by 6 months. This translates to an increase in the proportion of patients with at least one Thymidine Analogue Mutation from 10% to 32% over one year.
authors.affiliation: The Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Mahshid
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rafiee
authors.affiliation: The Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Azar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kariminia
authors.affiliation: The Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Graham
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mills
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Department, Monash Medical Centre, Vic., Australia; Department of Medicine, Monash University, Vic., Australia.
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Woolley
authors.affiliation: The Albion Street Centre, Sydney, NSW, Australia; School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Don
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: The Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia; RPA Sexual Health, Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Central Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Templeton
authors.affiliation: The Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Matthew G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Law
authors.affiliation: The Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Petoumenos
keywords: Antiretroviral therapy; HIV; HIV resistance; HIV viral load; HIV viral load monitoring