Screening HIV-Infected Patients with Low CD4 Counts for Cryptococcal Antigenemia prior to Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy: Cost Effectiveness of Alternative Screening Strategies in South Africa

BACKGROUND: In 2015 South Africa established a national cryptococcal antigenemia (CrAg) screening policy targeted at HIV-infected patients with CD4+ T-lymphocyte (CD4) counts <100 cells/ μl who are not yet on antiretroviral treatment (ART). Two screening strategies are included in national guidel...

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Autores principales: Larson, Bruce A., Rockers, Peter C., Bonawitz, Rachael, Sriruttan, Charlotte, Glencross, Deborah K., Cassim, Naseem, Coetzee, Lindi M., Greene, Gregory S., Chiller, Tom M., Vallabhaneni, Snigdha, Long, Lawrence, van Rensburg, Craig, Govender, Nelesh P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4938608/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27390864
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158986

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4938608/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27390864
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158986

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