Scale-up of HIV viral load monitoring — Seven sub-Saharan African countries

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 64, Issue 46, 2015, Pages 1287-1290

  Lecher, Shirley ^a   Ellenberger, Dennis ^a   Kim, Andrea A ^a   Fonjungo, Peter N ^a   Agolory, Simon ^b   Borget, Marie Yolande ^b   Broyles, Laura ^a   Carmona, Sergio ^c   Chipungu, Geoffrey ^b   De Cock, Kevin M ^b   Deyde, Varough ^b   Downer, Marie ^b   Gupta, Sundeep ^b   Kaplan, Jonathan E ^a   Kiyaga, Charles ^d   Knight, Nancy ^b   Macleod, William ^c   Makumbi, Boniface ^e   Muttai, Hellen ^b   Mwangi, Christina ^b   Mwangi, Jane W ^b   Mwasekaga, Michael ^f   Ng’Ang’A, Lucy W ^b   Pillay, Yogan ^g   Sarr, Abdoulaye ^b   Sawadogo, Souleymane ^b   Singer, Daniel ^b   Stevens, Wendy ^c   Toure, Christiane Adje ^b   Nkengasong, John ^a   more..

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^d Central Public Health Laboratory   (Uganda)

^e Namibia Institute of Pathology   (Namibia)

^f CDC Tanzania   (Tanzania)

^g NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84951276354     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6446a3     Document Type: Article

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