Efavirenz Concentrations and Probability of HIV Replication in Children

Nontiya Homkham1, Tim R Cressey, Naïm Bouazza

  • 1From the *Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD UMI 174-PHPT), Marseille, France; †Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand; ‡Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand; §Ecole Doctorale de Santé Publique, Université Paris Saclay, Paris, France; ¶Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts; ‖Unité de Recherche Clinique Paris Centre, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris; **CIC1419, INSERM & APHP, EAU08 Université Paris Descartes Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France; ††Chiangrai Prachanukroh Hospital, Chiangrai, Thailand; ‡‡Research Institute for Health Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand; §§Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; ¶¶Samutsakhon Hospital, Samutsakhon, Thailand; and ‖‖Somdej Prapinklao Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.

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