Accuracy of immunological criteria for identifying virological failure in children on antiretroviral therapy - The IeDEA Southern Africa Collaboration

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1367-1371

  Davies, Mary Ann ^a   Boulle, Andrew ^a   Eley, Brian ^a   Moultrie, Harry ^b   Technau, Karl ^b   Rabie, Helena ^c   van Cutsem, Gilles ^a,d   Giddy, Janet ^e   Wood, Robin ^a   Egger, Matthias ^f   Keiser, Olivia ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^e MCCORD HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; Children; Immunological criteria; Sensitivity; Specificity; Virological failure

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; VIRUS RNA;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CHILD HEALTH; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNOASSAY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONITORING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REBOUND; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA, SOUTHERN; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIRAL LOAD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 80053652873     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02854.x     Document Type: Article

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