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Findings from University of Miami Advance Knowledge in Infectious Diseases

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, October 18th, 2011

2011 OCT 18 -- According to the authors of recent research published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, "AIDS Clinical Trials Group A5202 compared blinded abacavir/lamivudine (ABC/3TC) to tenofovir DF/emtricitabine (TDF/FTC) with efavirenz (EFV) or atazanavir/ritonavir (ATV/r) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected treatment-naive patients, stratified by screening HIV RNA (< or >= 10(5) copies/mL). Due to higher virologic failure with ABC/3TC in the high HIV RNA stratum, blinded treatment was stopped in this group, but study follow-up continued for all patients."

"Primary endpoints were times to virologic failure, regimen...

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