When to start ART in Africa - An urgent research priority

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 886-889

  De Cock, Kevin M ^a   El Sadr, Wafaa M ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MIDDLE INCOME GROUP; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK REDUCTION; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84874742048     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1300458     Document Type: Article

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