Antiretroviral therapy in the Malawi Defence Force: Access, treatment outcomes and impact on mortality

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Banda, Alfred C ^a   Makombe, Simon D ^b   Jahn, Andreas ^c,d   Tweya, Hannock ^c   Chuka, Stuart ^e   Yu, Joseph Kwong Leung ^f   Hedt, Bethany ^g   Weigel, Ralf ^c   Nkhata, Amon ^b   Schouten, Erik J ^b,h   Kamoto, Kelita ^b   Harries, Anthony D ^b,i,j  

^a Medical Department   (Malawi)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^c LIGHTHOUSE TRUST   (Malawi)

^d International Training and Education Center on HIV   (United States)

^e Malawi Business Coalition against AIDS   (Malawi)

^f Mzuzu Central Hospital   (Malawi)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h Management Sciences for Health   (Malawi)

ⁱ FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARMY; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MORTALITY; REGISTER; REGISTRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39049161090     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001445     Document Type: Article

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