Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research

Ambulatory Treatment Center for HIV Infection, Hôpital Communautaire, Bangui, Central African Republic

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• Research Article   
  
  Author(s): Gaspard Tékpa*, Eudes Gbangba Ngai, Léon Kobangué, Christophe Landry Niko, Valentin Fikouma, Serges Magloire Camengo Police and Boniface Koffi
  
  Objective: To describe the adverse effects of fixed combinations of antiretroviral drugs based on tenofovir+emtricit abine+efavirenz (TDF/FTC/EFV) and zidovudine+lamivudine+nevirapine (AZT/3TC/NVP) and to identify the factors associated with their occurrence. Patients and methods: An analytical cross-sectional study included after informed consent people living with HIV (PLHIVs). We used an exhaustive sampling by recruiting all the patients who came to get antiretroviral drugs during the study period, aged at least 18 years, treated with TDF/FTC/EFV or AZT/3TC/NVP. Socio-demographic, clinical and therapeutic data were collected, entered and analyzed with the software Epi-Info 7. The chi-square test was used to compare the proportions with a significant level of 5%. Results: A total of 282 patients wer.. Read More»
  

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