Treatment outcomes after 7 years of public-sector HIV treatment

AIDS

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1823-1828

  Fox, Matthew P ^a,b,c   Shearer, Kate ^c   Maskew, Mhairi ^c   MacLeod, William ^a,b,c   Majuba, Pappie ^d   MacPhail, Patrick ^d   Sanne, Ian ^c,d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d RIGHT TO CARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

AIDS; antiretroviral therapy; HIV; mortality; resource limited settings; sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; DIDANOSINE; EFAVIRENZ; LAMIVUDINE; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; NEVIRAPINE; NONNUCLEOSIDE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITOR; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; STAVUDINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; REGISTRIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84866312711     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e328357058a     Document Type: Article

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