Disparities in viral load and CD4 count trends among HIV-infected adults in South Carolina

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 26-32

  Chakraborty, Hrishikesh ^a   Iyer, Medha ^a   Duffus, Wayne A ^b   Samantapudi, Ashok Varma ^a   Albrecht, Helmut ^b   Weissman, Sharon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACE; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY; VIRUS LOAD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH CAROLINA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RNA, VIRAL; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH CAROLINA; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920277357     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: 15577449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2014.0158     Document Type: Article

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