Drug resistance in HIV patients with virological failure or slow virological response to antiretroviral therapy in Ethiopia

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  • Alemseged Abdissa
  • Daniel Yilma
  • Jannik Fonager
  • Anne M Audelin
  • Lone H Christensen
  • Olsen, Mette Frahm
  • Markos Tesfaye
  • Pernille Kæstel
  • Tsinuel Girma
  • Abraham Aseffa
  • Friis, Henrik
  • Court Pedersen
  • Åse B Andersen

BACKGROUND: The ongoing scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa has prompted the interest in surveillance of transmitted and acquired HIV drug resistance. Resistance data on virological failure and mutations in HIV infected populations initiating treatment in sub-Saharan Africa is sparse.

METHODS: HIV viral load (VL) and resistance mutations pre-ART and after 6 months were determined in a prospective cohort study of ART-naïve HIV patients initiating first-line therapy in Jimma, Ethiopia. VL measurements were done at baseline and after 3 and 6 months. Genotypic HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) was performed on patients exhibiting virological failure (>1000 copies/mL at 6 months) or slow virological response (>5000 copies/mL at 3 months and <1000 copies/mL at 6 months).

RESULTS: Two hundred sixty five patients had VL data available at baseline and at 6 months. Virological failure was observed among 14 (5.3%) participants out of 265 patients. Twelve samples were genotyped and six had HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) mutations at baseline. Among virological failures, 9/11 (81.8%) harbored one or more HIVDR mutations at 6 months. The most frequent mutations were K103N and M184VI.

CONCLUSIONS: Our data confirm that the currently recommended first-line ART regimen is efficient in the vast majority of individuals initiating therapy in Jimma, Ethiopia eight years after the introduction of ART. However, the documented occurrence of transmitted resistance and accumulation of acquired HIVDR mutations among failing patients justify increased vigilance by improving the availability and systematic use of VL testing to monitor ART response, and underlines the need for rapid, inexpensive tests to identify the most common drug resistance mutations.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer181
TidsskriftB M C Infectious Diseases
Vol/bind14
Antal sider7
ISSN1471-2334
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2014

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CURIS 2014 NEXS 203

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