Recent immigrants show improved clinical outcomes at a tertiary care HIV clinic

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-14

  Raboud, Janet ^a,b   Blitz, Sandra ^b   Antoniou, Tony ^c,d   Loutfy, Mona ^e,f   Walmsley, Sharon ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c MAPLE LEAF MEDICAL CLINIC   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

HIV; Immigration; Management; Sex

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; NONNUCLEOSIDE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITOR; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANADA; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 84859340403     PISSN: 17129532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/963474     Document Type: Article

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