Prior exposure to antiretroviral therapy among adult patients presenting for HIV treatment initiation or reinitiation in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

As countries have scaled up access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV, attrition rates of up to 30% annually have created a large pool of individuals who initiate treatment with prior ART experience. Little is known about the proportion of non-naïve reinitiators within the population presenting for treatment initiation.

Design

Systematic review of published articles and abstracts reporting proportions of non-naïve adult patients initiating ART in sub-Saharan Africa.

Data sources

PubMed, Embase Elsevier, Web of Science Core Collection, International AIDS Society conferences, Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections conferences.

Eligibility criteria

Clinical trials and observational studies; reporting on adults in sub-Saharan Africa

SUBMITTER: Benade M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10660894 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature