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POC CD4 Testing Improves Linkage to HIV Care and Timeliness of ART Initiation in a Public Health Approach: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

BACKGROUND: CD4 cell count is an important test in HIV programs for baseline risk assessment, monitoring of ART where viral load is not available, and, in many settings, antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation decisions. However, access to CD4 testing is limited, in part due to the centralized conve...

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Autores principales: Vojnov, Lara, Markby, Jessica, Boeke, Caroline, Harris, Lindsay, Ford, Nathan, Peter, Trevor
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4866695/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27175484
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155256