HIV status disclosure and retention in care in HIV-infected adolescents on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in West Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Arrivé, Elise ^a,b   Dicko, Fatoumata ^c   Amghar, Hind ^a   Aka, Addi Edmond ^d   Dior, Hélène ^e   Bouah, Belinda ^f   Traoré, Mariam ^c   Ogbo, Patricia ^g   Dago Akribi, Hortense Aka ^d   Eboua, Tanoh Kassi F ^f   Kouakou, Kouadio ^g   Sy, Haby Signate ^e   Alioum, Ahmadou ^a,b   Dabis, François ^a,b   Ekouévi, Didier Koumavi ^b,h   Leroy, Valériane ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c HÔPITAL GABRIEL TOURÉ   (Mali)

^d Centre de Prise en Charge   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^e Hopital d'Enfants Albert Royer Dakar   (Senegal)

^f CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE TREICHVILLE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^g Centre Integre de Recherches Biocliniques   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^h PACCI   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; NONNUCLEOSIDE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITOR; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; ADULT; AWARENESS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF DISCLOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; AWARENESS; CHILD; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF DISCLOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858638016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033690     Document Type: Article

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