A Clinical Prediction Score in Addition to WHO Criteria for Anti-Retroviral Treatment Failure in Resource-Limited Settings - Experience from Lesotho

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Labhardt, Niklaus Daniel ^a   Lejone, Thabo ^a   Setoko, Matse'liso ^a   Poka, Matalenyane ^b   Ehmer, Jochen ^c   Pfeiffer, Karolin ^c   Kiuvu, Patrice Zinga ^a   Lynen, Lutgarde ^d  

^a Seboche Hospital   (Lesotho)

^b Lesotho Central Laboratory   (Lesotho)

^c SolidarMed Switzerland   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; HEMOGLOBIN; LAMIVUDINE PLUS STAVUDINE; LAMIVUDINE PLUS TENOFOVIR DISOPROXIL; LAMIVUDINE PLUS ZIDOVUDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAPULAR RASH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIREMIA; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS LOAD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIGENS, CD4; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; LESOTHO; MALE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIRAL LOAD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84868273915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047937     Document Type: Article

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