Using age-specific mortality of HIV infected persons to predict Anti-Retroviral Treatment need: A comparative analysis of data from five African population-based cohort studies

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Zaba, Basia ^a   Kasamba, Ivan ^b   Floyd, Sian ^a   Isingo, Raphael ^c   Herbst, Kobus ^d   Bärnighausen, Till ^d,e   Gregson, Simon ^f   Nyamukapa, Constance ^f,g   Kayuni, Ndoliwe ^h   Todd, Jim ^a   Marston, Milly ^a   Wringe, Alison ^a  

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

^b UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

^h KARONGA PREVENTION STUDY   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Africa; AIDS; Antiretroviral therapy; Cohort studies; HIV; Lifetable models; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE CLASS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; GENDER; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LIFE TABLE; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; WEIBULL THEORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROBABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

AFRICA;

EID: 84864387271     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02943.x     Document Type: Article

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