Impact on ART initiation of point-of-care CD4 testing at HIV diagnosis among HIV-positive youth in Khayelitsha, South Africa

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 16, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Patten, Gabriela E M ^a   Wilkinson, Lynne ^a   Conradie, Karien ^a   Isaakidis, Petros ^b   Harries, Anthony D ^c,d   Edginton, Mary E ^d   De Azevedo, Virginia ^b   Van Cutsem, Gilles ^b,e  

^a MSF   (South Africa)

^b MSF Mumbai ^*  (South Africa)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; Attrition; HIV AIDS; Operational research; Point of care CD4 testing; Pre antiretroviral therapy care; South Africa; Youth and adolescents

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; ATTRITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HIV/AIDS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POINT-OF-CARE CD4 TESTING; PRE-ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY CARE; PREGNANCY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TIME; YOUTH AND ADOLESCENTS;

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; ATTRITION; HIV/AIDS; OPERATIONAL RESEARCH; POINT-OF-CARE CD4 TESTING; PRE-ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY CARE; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUTH AND ADOLESCENTS;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREGNANCY; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887277203     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.16.1.18518     Document Type: Article

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