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Effect of eliminating CD4-count thresholds on HIV treatment initiation in South Africa: An empirical modeling study

BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization recommends initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) regardless of CD4 count. We assessed the effect of ART eligibility on treatment uptake and simulated the impact of WHO’s recommendations in South Africa. METHODS: We conducted an empirical analysis of cohort...

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Autores principales: Bor, Jacob, Ahmed, Shahira, Fox, Matthew P., Rosen, Sydney, Meyer-Rath, Gesine, Katz, Ingrid T., Tanser, Frank, Pillay, Deenan, Bärnighausen, Till
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5472329/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28617805
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178249