Effect of Free Treatment and Surveillance on HIV-Infected Persons Who Have Tuberculosis, Taiwan, 1993–2006

In 1997, Taiwan made highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) available without cost to HIV-infected persons; in 2001, a national web-based surveillance system was implemented. Healthcare workers use the system to monitor patients' conditions and can intervene when necessary. Free HAART, co...

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Autores principales: Tseng, Shu-Hui, Jiang, Donald Dah-Shyong, Hoi, Hao-Seong, Lo, Hsiu-Yun, Hwang, Kao-Pin
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2657632/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19193288
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1502.081000
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author Tseng, Shu-Hui
Jiang, Donald Dah-Shyong
Hoi, Hao-Seong
Lo, Hsiu-Yun
Hwang, Kao-Pin
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Jiang, Donald Dah-Shyong
Hoi, Hao-Seong
Lo, Hsiu-Yun
Hwang, Kao-Pin
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description In 1997, Taiwan made highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) available without cost to HIV-infected persons; in 2001, a national web-based surveillance system was implemented. Healthcare workers use the system to monitor patients' conditions and can intervene when necessary. Free HAART, coupled with the surveillance system, appears to have increased survival rates of HIV-infected persons with tuberculosis in Taiwan.
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spelling pubmed-26576322009-03-30 Effect of Free Treatment and Surveillance on HIV-Infected Persons Who Have Tuberculosis, Taiwan, 1993–2006 Tseng, Shu-Hui Jiang, Donald Dah-Shyong Hoi, Hao-Seong Lo, Hsiu-Yun Hwang, Kao-Pin Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch In 1997, Taiwan made highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) available without cost to HIV-infected persons; in 2001, a national web-based surveillance system was implemented. Healthcare workers use the system to monitor patients' conditions and can intervene when necessary. Free HAART, coupled with the surveillance system, appears to have increased survival rates of HIV-infected persons with tuberculosis in Taiwan. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-02 /pmc/articles/PMC2657632/ /pubmed/19193288 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1502.081000 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Tseng, Shu-Hui
Jiang, Donald Dah-Shyong
Hoi, Hao-Seong
Lo, Hsiu-Yun
Hwang, Kao-Pin
Effect of Free Treatment and Surveillance on HIV-Infected Persons Who Have Tuberculosis, Taiwan, 1993–2006
title Effect of Free Treatment and Surveillance on HIV-Infected Persons Who Have Tuberculosis, Taiwan, 1993–2006
title_full Effect of Free Treatment and Surveillance on HIV-Infected Persons Who Have Tuberculosis, Taiwan, 1993–2006
title_fullStr Effect of Free Treatment and Surveillance on HIV-Infected Persons Who Have Tuberculosis, Taiwan, 1993–2006
title_full_unstemmed Effect of Free Treatment and Surveillance on HIV-Infected Persons Who Have Tuberculosis, Taiwan, 1993–2006
title_short Effect of Free Treatment and Surveillance on HIV-Infected Persons Who Have Tuberculosis, Taiwan, 1993–2006
title_sort effect of free treatment and surveillance on hiv-infected persons who have tuberculosis, taiwan, 1993–2006
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2657632/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19193288
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1502.081000
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