Pretreatment HIV Drug-resistance Surveillance as a Tool for Monitoring and Control of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Cuba.

The HIV/AIDS epidemic is an ongoing threat to public health. Its elimination requires greater efforts to broaden antiretroviral treatment coverage, availability and personalization. HIV drug resistance is currently a global problem due to its continuing increase in recent years, undermining efficacy of antiretroviral therapy.

[Use of Amplicor HIV-1 DNA test v.1.5 in diagnosis of perinatal infection from HIV-1 in Cuba].

Introduction: HIV-1 proviral DNA amplification is the preferential method for HIV diagnosis infection in infants and it has been used in Cuba since 1992. AMPLICOR HIV-1 DNA kit is an in vitro qualitative assay for the detection of HIV-1 proviral DNA in the whole blood.

Objective: this paper showed the results of the use of this kit for the first time in Cuba for the perinatal diagnosis of HIV-1 infection.