The "ART" of linkage: Pre-treatment loss to care after HIV diagnosis at two PEPFAR sites in Durban, South Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Losina, Elena ^a,b,c,d   Bassett, Ingrid V ^a,d   Giddy, Janet ^f   Chetty, Senica ^f   Regan, Susan ^a,d   Walensky, Rochelle P ^a,b,d,e   Ross, Douglas ^g   Scott, Callie A ^a   Uhler, Lauren M ^a   Katz, Jeffrey N ^b,e   Holst, Helga ^f   Freedberg, Kenneth A ^a,c,d,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f MCCORD HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^g St Mary's Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; SOUTH AFRICA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949759536     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009538     Document Type: Article

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