The degree to which all existing aids cases are officially reported in Catalunya: A study based on the requests for CD4 white blood cell counts and the prescribing of antitretroviral drugs;Exhaustividad de la notificacion de los casos de sida en Cataluna: Un estudio basado en las solicitudes de determinaciones de linfocitos CD4 yen la prescripcion de antirretrovirales

Revista Espanola de Salud Publica

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 501-507

  De Olalla Rizo, Patricia García ^a,i   Mayans, Martí Vall ^b   Mases, Montserrat Miret ^b   Guix, Roser Clos ^a   Barbarà, Jordi Casabona ^b   Caylà Buqueras, Joan A ^a   Ribas, Josep ^a   Mallolas, Josep ^a   Rodríguez, José Luis ^c   Español, Teresa ^d   Monterde, Josep ^e   Grau, Santiago ^e   Buendía, Enric ^f   Corominas, Mercè ^f   Pujol, Ricardo ^g   Clotet, Bonaventura ^g   Alonso, Carmen ^h   Gallart, María Jesús ^h  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b Ctr d'Estudis Epidemiologies S   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^e Hospital Ntra Sra del Mar   (United States)

^f Ciutat Sanitaria de Bellvitge   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

ⁱ INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

Author keywords

AIDS; Antiretroviral therapy; CD4 counts; Surveillance; Underreporting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DRUG EFFECT; INFECTION CONTROL; RETROVIRUS;

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RETROVIRIDAE; SPAIN;

EID: 0032196425     PISSN: 11355727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1135-57271998000600003     Document Type: Article

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