How do different eligibility guidelines for antiretroviral therapy affect the cost-effectiveness of routine viral load testing in sub-Saharan Africa

AIDS

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages

  Scott Braithwaite, Ronald ^a   Nucifora, Kimberly A ^a   Toohey, Christopher ^a   Kessler, Jason ^a   Uhler, Lauren M ^a   Mentor, Sherry M ^a   Keebler, Daniel ^b   Hallett, Timothy ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; Cost effectiveness; HIV; Monitoring; Sub Saharan Africa; Viral Load Testing

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84893247971     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000110     Document Type: Article

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