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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Yildirim C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6650348 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
AIDS and behavior 20190801 8
Antiretroviral (ARV) adherence is critical in monitoring disease response in youth with perinatally-acquired HIV (PHIV). We used pharmacy refill (PR) information for PHIV youth from the PHACS Memory Sub-study to calculate medication availability over 2, 4, and 6 months. PR, a proxy of adherence, was compared with self-reported 7-day adherence in predicting suppressed viral load (SVL < 400 copies/mL) and higher CD4% (≥ 25%). Among 159 PHIV youth, 79% were adherent by 7-day recall, and 62, 55, and ...[more]