The Effect of Complete Integration of HIV and TB Services on Time to Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy: A Before-After Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Kerschberger, Bernhard ^a   Hilderbrand, Katherine ^a,b   Boulle, Andrew M ^b   Coetzee, David ^b   Goemaere, Eric ^c   de Azevedo, Virginia ^d   van Cutsem, Gilles ^a,b  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c South African Medical Unit   (South Africa)

^d City of Cape Town   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COINFECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84867177545     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046988     Document Type: Article

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