EVALUATION ON HIV VIRAL LOAD RESPONSE AND SOME FACTORS RELATED TO HIV/AIDS PATIENTS ARE BEING TREATED AT TWO PRISONS IN BINH THUAN PROVINCE
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Objective: Describe the epidemiological characteristics of HIV/AIDS patients are being treated at two prisons in Binh Thuan province and evaluate the HIV viral load response in HIV/AIDS patients treating at two prisons in Binh Thuan province in 2023. Subjects and methods: cross-sectional study. Results: The average age of patients was 40.4 ± 6.5 years old. All patients complied with ARV treatment. Patients with viral load < 20cps/ml accounted for 68.8%, in the group of patients with TLVR < 20cps/ml, there were 2.7% of patients with CD4 < 100 cells/mm3 and 28% of patients with CD4 > 500 cells/mm3, 82.7% of patients were in stage I, 2.7% of patients were HbsAG positive and 93.3% of patients were Anti HCV positive. Patients with TLVR ≥ 1,000 cps/ml had 33.3% of patients with CD4 > 500 cells/mm3; 66.7% of patients were in stage I and 33.3% of patients were in stage II. Conclusions: The results show that it is necessary to start ARV treatment for all patients who have not been treated with ARV and meet the current treatment standards of the Ministry of Health, medical staff need to actively advise and pay more attention to reduce the risk for the untreated group and patients who are being treated.
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Evaluation of viral load response, HIV/AIDS, Binh Thuan Province.
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