December 2017

A study of outcomes of seven years' viral load testing at the National Public Health Laboratory, Nepal

The benefits of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in patients living with HIV (PLWH) in Nepal have been obvious. However, their viral load (VL) and the effects of VL testing scale-up on the outcomes of HIV treatment have not been adequately investigated. In Nepal, VL tests were performed since 2009 at National Public Health laboratory. VL testing for monitoring scale up was introduced in 2014. The present study was...

Author(s): Geeta Shakya, Raj Kumar Mahto, Sundar Khadka, Subhash Dhital, Jagat Bahadur Baniya, Lilee Shrestha, Shravan Kumar Mishra, Khagendra, K. C., Chet Ojha and Bishnu Prasad Upadhyay