%0 Journal Article %J BMC infectious diseases %D 2016 %T Viral load monitoring and antiretroviral treatment outcomes in a pediatric HIV cohort in Ghana. %A Kukoyi, Omobolawa %A Renner, Lorna %A Powell, Jonathan %A Barry, Oliver %A Prin, Meghan %A Kusah, Jonas %A Cong, Xiangyu %A Paintsil, Elijah %N 1 %P 58 %R 10.1186/s12879-016-1402-9 %V 16 %X HIV-infected children in sub-Saharan Africa may be at a high risk of staying on a failing first-line regimen and developing drug-resistance HIV variants due to lack of routine viral load monitoring. We investigated whether cumulative viral load, measured as viremia copy-years (VCY) could predict morbidity in a setting where viral load is not routinely monitored. %8 2016