Introduction: SATuRN - Southern African Treatment and Resistance Network and the RegaDB Clinical Resistance Database

Over the past 5 years, there has been progress made in support of Southern African HIV ART programmes, namely the formation of a regional network for research on HIV drug resistance. As part of this network, named the Southern African Treatment and Resistance Network (SATuRN), we have recently installed a full Southern African mirror of the Stanford HIV Drug Resistance database (HIVDB) and a clinical management database based on RegaDB. In addition to bioinformatics programs and databases we have organized a number of national meetings with collaborators and medical personal involved on ART treatment at private and public sector.
Database link:
SATuRN RegaDB:



Fonske estatue in Leuven, Belgium.

SATuRN RegaDB Clinical Resistance Database*  This copy of the database is accessible to SATuRN collaborators. RegaDB is a open source clinical management bioinformatics database developed in Leuven, Belgium. RegaDB can be used to manage patients on ARVs and to do research on HIV-1 drug resistance clinical cases.

*Please notice that no patient personal identification information should be stored in this database.


If you are a researcher or medical clinician working in Southern Africa and is interested to use this database, please contact: Dr. Tulio de Oliveira, tdeoliveira@africacentre.ac.za, telephone: +27 (0)35 550 7531, facsimile: +27 (0)35 550 7565.
SATuRN Meetings: Presentations at workshops with clinical cases extracted from RegaDB







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Links to web-resources and viral databases:



Comprehensive links to HIV treatment, ARVs and drug resistance at HIVDB.

Comprehensive information on antiretroviral therapy in South Africa at the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) website.

Southern African Treatment and Resistance Network (SATuRN) website.



Page last updated by Tulio de Oliveira.