I was recently diagnosed with HIV, but because my viral load was very low, a genotype test for drug resistance couldn`t be performed. My doctor seems to be in favor of starting treatment early. Is it safe to start HIV meds without genotype test results?

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I was recently diagnosed with HIV, but because my viral load was very low, a genotype test for drug resistance couldn`t be performed. My doctor seems to be in favor of starting treatment early. Is it safe to start HIV meds without genotype test results?

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1. hiv viral load

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• Since this was your first test, if possible I would recommend repeating your CD4 count and HIV plasma viral load and also obtaining a (genotype)


• viral load assays and simplified genotypic HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) tests increases


• Between August 2000 and October 2001,338 HIV- 1-infected individuals with detectable plasma viral load in spite of ARV therapy were referred by their physicians to the National Reference Centre for AIDS (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina) to have their genotype performed in order to assess


2. genotype test drug resistance couldn

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• the complexities, there are currently no standards for either phenotypic or genotypic testing for HIV-1 drug resistance


• diagnosis of acute HIV infection is established by demonstrating a high viral load or a positive p24 antigen in a patient with typical clinical features and a negative or indeterminate HIV serologic test


• After you`ve started taking medicine for your HIV, your doctor will look at how much virus is in your bloodstream (your viral load) to see how well the antiretroviral drug therapy is working


3. start hiv meds genotype test results

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• diagnosis of acute HIV infection is established by demonstrating a high viral load or a positive p24 antigen in a patient with typical clinical features and a negative or indeterminate


• The most common test to measure possible drug resistance is known as Genotyping


• Our phenotype and genotype resistance tests, phenotype genotype combination test, and viral fitness test are intended to help healthcare providers choose the drugs that will provide the


4. doctor favor

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• Poll: Most doctors favor public option mix - UPI


5. starting treatment early

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• My doctor seems to be in the school of starting treatment early


• An editorial accompanying a published debate on the pros and cons of starting treatment early in the course of multiple sclerosis comes down in favor of early treatment for this potentially devastating disease


• Vijay said that the deaths in private institutions were a cause of concern, particularly because they could be easily avoided by starting treatment early

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