The HIV care cascade: Simple concept, complex realization

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-42

  Miller, William C ^a,b   Lesko, Catherine R ^b   Powers, Kimberly A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALGORITHM; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DATA BASE; DEATH; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY; MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES; VIRUS LOAD;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84891598107     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000081     Document Type: Editorial

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