High attrition before and after ART initiation among youth (15-24 years of age) enrolled in HIV care

AIDS

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 559-568

  Lamb, Matthew R ^a,b   Fayorsey, Ruby ^a   Nuwagaba Biribonwoha, Harriet ^a   Viola, Violante ^a   Mutabazi, Vincent ^c   Alwar, Teresa ^a   Casalini, Caterina ^a   Elul, Batya ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c RWANDA BIOMEDICAL CENTER   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

Adolescents; AIDS; Attrition; Cohort study; Epidemiology; HIV; HIV AIDS; Loss to follow up; PEPFAR; Retention; Sub Saharan Africa; Young adults; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895077113     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000054     Document Type: Article

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