P24 as a predictor of mortality in a cohort of HIV-1-infected adults in Rural Africa

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 345-349

  Erikstrup, Christian ^a,b,h   Kallestrup, Per ^c,d   Zinyama Gutsire, Rutendo B L ^d   Gomo, Exnevia ^d,e   Lüneborg Nielsen, Margrethe ^c   Gerstoft, Jan ^c,f   Schüpbach, Jörg ^g   Ullum, Henrik ^b,f   Katzenstein, Terese L ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Department of Clinical Immunology ^*  (Denmark)

^c International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health   (Denmark)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Zimbabwe)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^h AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Africa; HIV; HIV RNA; Mortality; P24

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN P24; VIRUS RNA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GAG PROTEIN;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RURAL AREA; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; METABOLISM; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SURVIVAL; ZIMBABWE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; HIV CORE PROTEIN P24; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RNA, VIRAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 47049101207     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31817dc3d1     Document Type: Article

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