The cascade of care in the Eastern European country of Georgia

HIV Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 62-66

  Chkhartishvili, N ^a   Sharavdze, L ^a,b   Chokoshvili, O ^a   Dehovitz, J A ^c   del Rio, C ^d   Tsertsvadze, T ^a,b  

^a Infectious Diseases AIDS and Clinical Immunology Research Center   (Georgia)

^b TBILISI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^c Downstate Health Sciences University   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cascade of care; Eastern Europe; Engagement in care; HIV; Injecting drug use

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; VIRUS LOAD; HIV INFECTIONS; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; FEMALE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84916603732     PISSN: 14642662     EISSN: 14681293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12172     Document Type: Article

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