New Evidence Available
Updated Recommendation
A new evidence synthesis was published:2013, Consolidated guidelines on general HIV care and the use of antiretroviral drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection: recommendations for a public health approach
View latest version (2013)Bibliographic Info
GuidelineAntiretroviral therapy of HIV infection in infants and children: towards universal access: recommendations for a public health approach 2010 revision
Year of Publication2010
Issuing InstitutionWHO
Recommendation
Status
Retired
Recommended in favor
Conditional
Certainty of evidence
Low
For infants and children, the nucleoside backbone for an ART regimen should be one of the following, in preferential order:
- Lamivudine (3TC) + zidovudine (AZT)
- 3TC + abacavir (ABC)
- 3TC + stavudine (d4T)