Associations With Virologic Treatment Failure in Adults on Antiretroviral Therapy in South Africa.

The article presents a case-control study that examines the factors related to failures of virologic treatment in highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) settings. The study categorized visit-level data like treatment interruptions, demographic and social, and health status of patients and correlate such data on their HAART outcomes. Result shows that nevirapine-based prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) and low CD4 count are related with virologic treatment failure.