A new cascade of HIV care for the era of “treat all”

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Fox, Matthew P ^a,b   Rosen, Sydney ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; ADULT; CLINICAL PATHWAY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; STANDARDS;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 85018258864     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002268     Document Type: Article

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