High prevalence and excess mortality of late presenters among HIV-1, HIV-2 and HIV-1/2 dually infected patients in Guinea-Bissau - a cohort study from West Africa

INTRODUCTION: HIV infected individuals with late presentation (LP) and advanced disease (AD) have been associated with higher mortality, higher cost of medical management, impaired CD4 cell count increment and potentially ongoing risk of HIV transmission. Here we describe the proportion of patients...

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Autores principales: Hønge, Bo Langhoff, Jespersen, Sanne, Aunsborg, Johanna, Mendes, Delfim Vicente, Medina, Candida, da Silva Té, David, Laursen, Alex Lund, Erikstrup, Christian, Wejse, Christian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2016
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5268749/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28154729
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.25.40.8329

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