Early warning indicators for HIV drug resistance in Malawi

Antiviral Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages 69-75

  Hedt, Bethany L ^a,b   Wadonda Kabondo, Nellie ^c   Makombe, Simon ^c   Harries, Anthony D ^c   Schouten, Erik J ^c   Limbambala, Eddie ^d   Hochgesang, Mindy ^a   Aberle Grasse, John ^a   Kamoto, Kelita ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALAWI; MONITORING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCALE UP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANTIVIRAL RESISTANCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTER; STATISTICS; TIME; VIROLOGY;

ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 47249133824     PISSN: 13596535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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