Use of WHO clinical stage for assessing patient eligibility to antiretroviral therapy in a routine health service setting in Jinja, Uganda

AIDS Research and Therapy

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Jaffar, Shabbar ^a   Birungi, Josephine ^b   Grosskurth, Heiner ^c   Amuron, Barbara ^c   Namara, Geoffrey ^c   Nabiryo, Christine ^b   Coutinho, Alex ^b  

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

^b THE AIDS SUPPORT ORGANIZATION   (Uganda)

^c UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UGANDA; VIRUS LOAD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 42249085433     PISSN: 17426405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-6405-5-4     Document Type: Article

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