The Impact of the New WHO Antiretroviral Treatment Guidelines on HIV Epidemic Dynamics and Cost in South Africa

BACKGROUND: Since November 2009, WHO recommends that adults infected with HIV should initiate antiretroviral therapy (ART) at CD4+ cell counts of ≤350 cells/µl rather than ≤200 cells/µl. South Africa decided to adopt this strategy for pregnant and TB co-infected patients only. We estimated the impac...

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Autores principales: Hontelez, Jan A. C., de Vlas, Sake J., Tanser, Frank, Bakker, Roel, Bärnighausen, Till, Newell, Marie-Louise, Baltussen, Rob, Lurie, Mark N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3140490/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21799755
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021919

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