The impact of antiretroviral treatment on mortality trends of HIV-positive adults in rural Uganda: A longitudinal population-based study, 1999-2009

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Kasamba, Ivan ^a   Baisley, Kathy ^b   Mayanja, Billy N ^a   Maher, Dermot ^a,b   Grosskurth, Heiner ^b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; HIV+; Masaka; Mortality; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGE CLASS; ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TREATMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MORTALITY; PUBLIC ACCESS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; TREND ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RURAL AREA; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

UGANDA;

EID: 84864385578     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.02841.x     Document Type: Article

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