The 2010 South African guidelines for the management of HIV and aids: A review

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 237-240

  Rossouw, Theresa ^a   Richter, Karin ^a   Martin, Des ^a   Avenant, Theuns ^a   Spencer, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Toga Laboratories   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; EMTRICITABINE; LAMIVUDINE; TENOFOVIR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LABORATORY TEST; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 79955942012     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/samj.4594     Document Type: Article

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