Anti Retroviral (ARV) in HIV patients dramatically changed the prognosis of patients with HIV but requires perfect adherence to treatment. Until now the assessment of adherence to ARV treatment is difficult because ideal method of assessment to use in day-ta-day practice is unavallable. In this paper we will describe the role of mean corpuscular volume (MCV) as a method of assessment of adheren…
CD4 count is a marker for initial and follow up antiretroviral therapy (ART) in HIV/AIDS patients. It requires expensive equipment and skill to performed. World Health Organization (WHO) recommends total Iymphocyte count (TLC) as a substitute marker for CfJ4 count to start ART. The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between CD4 count and TLC in baseline and follow up data as a gu…
Over the last decade, lndonesia became one of the fastest growing injecting drug user (IDU) driven Human Immune Defeciency Virus (HIV) epidemics in Asia. Among strategies to prevent and control the HIV epidemic in lndonesia, methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) has been established and could become an entry point for HIV testing and treatment in IDUs. This study explored MMT and HIV treatment …