Mortality and immunovirological outcomes on antiretroviral therapy in HIV-1 and HIV-2-infected individuals in the Gambia

Peterson, I; Togun, O; De Silva, T; Oko, F; Rowland-Jones, S; Jaye, A; Peterson, K

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Mortality and immunovirological outcomes on antiretroviral therapy in HIV-1 and HIV-2-infected individuals in the Gambia

Abstract:: OBJECTIVES:: This study's objective was to assess outcomes in HIV-1 and HIV-2 infected antiretroviral therapy (ART)-naïve patients starting ART in the Gambia, West Africa. DESIGN:: A cohort design was used to estimate survival in ART patients and determine whether survival and time to virologic failure varied across patient subgroups. METHODS:: Mortality, virologic failures and CD4 cell recovery were assessed in a clinical cohort of patients from the Genito-Urinary Medicine (GUM) clinic of the MRC Laboratories in the Gambia. Kaplan-Meier estimates of survival were determined for mortality and virologic failure. A Cox proportional hazards model was used to identify baseline demographic, clinical, immunologic and virologic factors associated with increased risk of death. RESULTS:: The overall Kaplan-Meier estimate of survival to 36 months was 73.4% (66.5, 80.3). Survival was marginally higher in HIV-2-infected patients compared to HIV-1-infected patients; it was significantly higher in patients with a baseline CD4 lymphocyte cell count of greater than 50 cells/μl compared to those with a baseline CD4 count of less than 50 cells/μl. CD4 cell recovery was faster in HIV-1-infected individuals compared to HIV-2-infected patients up to 24 months, although this did not result higher mortality in the latter group. No differences in virologic failure were observed by HIV type. CONCLUSION:: HIV-1 and HIV-2-infected patients receiving ART in a clinical setting in the Gambia had good survival to 36 months. HIV-2-infected patients did as well as HIV-1-infected patients in terms of long-term immunological and virological responses and overall survival. © 2011 Wolters Kluwer Health Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

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Peterson, I., Togun, O., De Silva, T., Oko, F., Rowland-Jones, S., Jaye, A., & Peterson, K. (2011). Mortality and immunovirological outcomes on antiretroviral therapy in HIV-1 and HIV-2-infected individuals in the Gambia. AIDS, 25(17), 2167–2175.

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Peterson, I, et al. “Mortality and Immunovirological Outcomes on Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-1 and HIV-2-Infected Individuals in the Gambia.” AIDS, vol. 25, no. 17, 2011, pp. 2167–75.

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Peterson, I, O Togun, T De Silva, et al. 2011. “Mortality and Immunovirological Outcomes on Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-1 and HIV-2-Infected Individuals in the Gambia.” AIDS 25 (17): 2167–75.
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