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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...
Autores principales: | Bor, Jacob, Ahmed, Shahira, Fox, Matthew P., Rosen, Sydney, Meyer-Rath, Gesine, Katz, Ingrid T., Tanser, Frank, Pillay, Deenan, Bärnighausen, Till |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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