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HIV and TB co-infection in the ART era: CD4 count distributions and TB case fatality in Cape Town
BACKGROUND: In Cape Town, the roll-out of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has increased over the last decade with an estimated coverage of 63% of HIV- positive patients in 2013. The influence of ART on the characteristics of the population of HIV-positive patients presenting to the primary care TB prog...
Autores principales: | Kaplan, Richard, Hermans, Sabine, Caldwell, Judy, Jennings, Karen, Bekker, Linda-Gail, Wood, Robin |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6069570/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30064368 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3256-9 |
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