BACKGROUND Unannounced pill counts conducted in patients' homes is a valid objective
method for monitoring medication adherence that is unfortunately costly and often …

Background. Adherence to first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) may be an important
indicator of adherence to second-line ART. Evaluating this relationship may be critical to …

Background Transmission of drug-resistant HIV-1 (TDR) can impair the virologic response to
antiretroviral combination therapy. Aim of the study was to assess the impact of TDR on …

We compared electronic medication monitoring and electronic monitoring adjusted by
interview with an unannounced pill-count adherence measure, in a cross-sectional analysis …

It is unclear how adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) may best be
monitored in large HIV programs in sub-Saharan Africa where it is being scaled up. We …

Background Antiretroviral therapy (ART), when taken consistently, reduces morbidity and
mortality associated with human immunodeficiency virus and viral transmission. Suboptimal …

Patient adherence (the degree to which patients follow their therapeutic regimen as
prescribed within a set period of time) and persistence (the time to treatment discontinuation …

Our objective was to determine the level of adherence and reasons for non-adherence to
antiretroviral therapy (ART) among HIV-positive (HIV+) people on ART in a resource-limited …

Background: As second-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) availability increases in resource-
limited settings, questions about the value of laboratory monitoring remain. We assessed the …

Objective To evaluate the time to CD4 cell count response (≥ 50 cells/mm3) among patients
initiating highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) with and without a history of injection …