Gender Differences in Survival among Adult Patients Starting Antiretroviral Therapy in South Africa: A Multicentre Cohort Study

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Cornell, Morna ^a   Schomaker, Michael ^a   Garone, Daniela Belen ^b   Giddy, Janet ^c   Hoffmann, Christopher J ^d,d,i   Lessells, Richard ^e   Maskew, Mhairi ^f   Prozesky, Hans ^g,s   Wood, Robin ^a,k   Johnson, Leigh F ^a   Egger, Matthias ^a,h   Boulle, Andrew ^a   Myer, Landon ^a   Ndirangu, James ^e   Chi, Benjamin ^j   Dickinson, Diana ^l   Phiri, Sam ^m   Chimbetete, Cleophas ⁿ   Oosterhout, Joop ^o   Eley, Brian ^a   Pestilli, Sabrina ^p   Fritz, Christiane ^q   MacPhail, Patrick ^r   Technau, Karl ^t   Moultrie, Harry ^u   Davies, Mary Ann ^l   Bohlius, Julia ^l   Blaser, Nello ^l   Campbell, Lucy ^l   Estill, Janne ^l   Fatzer, Béatrice ^l   Fenner, Lukas ^l   Graber, Claire ^l   Gsponer, Thomas ^l   Johnson, Leigh ^l   Kaeser, Fritz ^l   Keiser, Olivia ^l   Maxwell, Nicola ^l   Schoeni Affolter, Franziska ^l   Wandeler, Gilles ^l   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c MCCORD HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^d AURUM INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^g STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j CENTRE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH IN ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^k Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine   (South Africa)

^l Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia ^*

^m LIGHTHOUSE TRUST   (Malawi)

ⁿ Newlands Clinic   (Zimbabwe)

^o QUEEN ELIZABETH CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^p SolidarMed SMART Programme   (Mozambique)

^q Themba Lethu Clinic   (Zimbabwe)

^r Tygerberg Academic Hospital   (South Africa)

^s UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^t UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^u UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAGING; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 84866720930     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001304     Document Type: Article

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