Tuberculosis control in South Africa - Will HAART help?

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 502-504

  Lawn, Stephen D ^a,b   Wood, Robin ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONG TERM CARE; MORTALITY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RISK REDUCTION; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33745746961     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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