Comparing a point‐of‐care urine tenofovir lateral flow assay to self‐reported adherence and their associations with viral load suppression among adults on antiretroviral therapy
Tamsin Phillips,
Yolanda Gomba,
Landon Myer
Abstract:BackgroundPoint‐of‐care (POC) lateral flow assays (LFA) to detect tenofovir (TFV) in urine have been developed to measure short‐term ART adherence. Limited data exist from people living with HIV in routine care.MethodsAdults on TFV‐containing regimens, having a routine viral load (VL) at an HIV clinic in Cape Town, South Africa were enrolled in a cross‐sectional study. Patients recalled missed ART doses in the past three and 7 days and urine was tested using a POC TFV LFA. VL on the day was abstracted from med… Show more
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.