qvirus (version 0.0.5)

vl_3: Longitudinal Viral Load Values for HIV Patients (2018-2024)

Description

Contains longitudinal measurements of viral load for 176 patients from 2018 to 2024. Viral load is a critical marker used to monitor the effectiveness of HIV treatment by measuring the amount of HIV RNA in the blood.

Usage

vl_3

Format

A data frame with 176 rows and 18 variables:

ID

Unique identifier for each patient.

vl_2018_1

Viral load for the first measurement in 2018.

vl_2018_2

Viral load for the second measurement in 2018.

vl_2019_1

Viral load for the first measurement in 2019.

vl_2019_2

Viral load for the second measurement in 2019.

vl_2020_1

Viral load for the first measurement in 2020.

vl_2021_1

Viral load for the first measurement in 2021.

vl_2021_2

Viral load for the second measurement in 2021.

vl_2021_3

Viral load for the third measurement in 2021.

vl_2022_1

Viral load for the first measurement in 2022.

vl_2022_2

Viral load for the second measurement in 2022.

vl_2022_3

Viral load for the third measurement in 2022.

vl_2023_1

Viral load for the first measurement in 2023.

vl_2023_2

Viral load for the second measurement in 2023.

vl_2023_3

Viral load for the third measurement in 2023.

vl_2024_1

Viral load for the first measurement in 2024.

vl_2024_2

Viral load for the second measurement in 2024.

vl_2024_3

Viral load for the third measurement in 2024.

Details

The viral load measurements provide insight into the patient's response to antiretroviral therapy (ART). Lower viral load values, especially undetectable levels, indicate better control of the infection. Missing values indicate that no viral load measurement was available for that patient at that specific time.

Examples

if (FALSE) {
# Load the dataset
data(vl_3)

# Summarize viral loads for the year 2021
summary(vl_3[, c("cd_2021_1", "cd_2021_2", "cd_2021_3")])
}