Early immunologic response and subsequent survival among malnourished adults receiving antiretroviral therapy in Urban Zambia

AIDS

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2117-2121

  Koethe, John R ^a,b   Limbada, Mohammed I ^a   Giganti, Mark J ^a,c   Nyirenda, Christopher K ^d   Mulenga, Lloyd ^a   Wester, C William ^b   Chi, Benjamin H ^a,c   Stringer, Jeffrey S ^a,c  

^a Centre for Infectious Disease Research   (Zambia)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Africa; antiretroviral therapy; body mass index; CD4 lymphocyte count; highly active; HIV; nutrition; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZAMBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; BODY MASS INDEX; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 77955424214     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32833b784a     Document Type: Article

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