Background: Despite years of Paediatric Antiretroviral therapy in Nigeria,\nthe National implementation plan for the scale up of viral load testing was\nonly recently launched. Viral load determination is the most important indicator\nof ART response. Material & methods: First viral load samples were collected\nfrom 663 children living with HIV between December 2017-December\n2019 aged 0 - 18 years on highly active antiretroviral therapy from 4 states\nwithin Nigeria. Samples were analyzed at a Polymerase Chain Reaction laboratory\nof the Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe. Results: Males were 311\n(46.9%) and 352 (53.1%) female..................................
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