Commentary: Operational Guidance in the 2013 WHO consolidated antiretroviral guidelines

AIDS

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2014, Pages

  Assefa, Yibeltal ^a   Pillay, Yogan ^b   Van Damme, Wim ^c,d  

^a ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b National Department of Agriculture   (South Africa)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; HIV INFECTIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84901457081     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000233     Document Type: Note

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