CD4 Counts and viral loads of newly diagnosed HIV-infected individuals: Implications for treatment as prevention

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Govender, Sarishen ^a,c   Otwombe, Kennedy ^a   Essien, Thandekile ^a   Panchia, Ravindre ^a   De Bruyn, Guy ^a   Mohapi, Lerato ^a   Gray, Glenda ^a   Martinson, Neil ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOLUNTARY COUNSELLING AND TESTING;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84897032505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090754     Document Type: Article

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