International Journal of STD & AIDS > Volume 20, Number 4 > Pp. 265-266

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Audit reports

Time taken to undetectable viral load, following the initiation of HAART

S Currie BSc ^*, K E Rogstad FRCP  , A Piyadigamage FRCP  and S Herman BSc RGN 

^* Sheffield Medical School; Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield S10 2JF, UK

Correspondence to: Dr K E Rogstad Email: Karen.Rogstad{at}sth.nhs.uk

The notes of all HIV patients in Sheffield, registered at the Department of Genitourinary Medicine at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, who had initiated HAART in 2005 and 2006, were audited. The aim was to determine what percentage of these patients acquired an undetectable viral load within 24 weeks and whether this was greater than 75% in accordance with the BHIVA guidelines. Twenty-nine (78.4%) of the 37 patients who were initiating treatment for the first time had an undetectable viral load after 24 weeks.

Key Words: HIV • HAART • viral load

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