Using HIV-attributable mortality to assess the impact of antiretroviral therapy on adult mortality in rural Tanzania

Global Health Action

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 13-20

  Kanjala, Chifundo ^a,b   Michael, Denna ^a   Todd, Jim ^a,b   Slaymaker, Emma ^b   Calvert, Clara ^b   Isingo, Raphael ^a   Wringe, Alison ^b   Zaba, Basia ^b   Urassa, Mark ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ART; HDSS; HIV attributable mortality; InterVA model; Serological survey; Verbal autopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY RATE; NONHUMAN; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; POPULATION MODEL; TANZANIA; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ART; ARTICLE; HDSS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV-ATTRIBUTABLE MORTALITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVA MODEL; MORTALITY; RURAL POPULATION; SEROLOGICAL SURVEY; STATISTICS; VERBAL AUTOPSY; YOUNG ADULT;

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ART; HDSS; HIV-ATTRIBUTABLE MORTALITY; INTERVA MODEL; SEROLOGICAL SURVEY; VERBAL AUTOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940216434     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.21865     Document Type: Article

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