The Success of HIV Treatment Is Increasing the Risk of Drug-Resistance
Date: 12/07/2016
Publication:
Huffington Post
Global health agencies are succeeding in getting more people with HIV on antiretroviral therapy, a combination of drugs that suppress the virus to undetectable levels in the blood and reduce the risk of transmission to another person. But scientists are beginning to detect a disturbing new trend: The rise of drug-resistant HIV strains, especially in countries such as Kenya, Zambia, Uganda, Nigeria, Tanzania and South Africa. Read more on Huffington Post website