Lost to follow up and clinical outcomes of HIV adult patients on antiretroviral therapy in care and treatment centres in Tanga city, North-Eastern Tanzania

Tanzania Journal of Health Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Makunde, Williams H ^a   Francis, Filbert ^a   Mmbando, Bruno P ^a   Kamugisha, Mathias L ^a   Rutta, Acleus M ^a   Mandara, Celine I ^a   Msangeni, Hamis A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; Clinical outcomes; HIV; Lost to follow up; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TANZANIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIV INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TANZANIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84893146260     PISSN: 18216404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/thrb.v14i4.3     Document Type: Article

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