Continuous Retention and Viral Suppression Provide Further Insights into the HIV Care Continuum Compared to the Cross-sectional HIV Care Cascade

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 648-654

  Colasanti, Jonathan ^a,b,c   Kelly, Jane ^d   Pennisi, Eugene ^d   Hu, Yi Juan ^c   Root, Christin ^c   Hughes, Denise ^d   Del Rio, Carlos ^a,c,e   Armstrong, Wendy S ^a,b,e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GRADY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HIV AIDS Epidemiology Section   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Care continuum; Continuous retention; Disparity; HIV; Viral suppression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INHIBITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIV INFECTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960075946     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ941     Document Type: Article

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