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According to the recorded dates of HIV-positive diagnosis and initiating ART of PLHIV in the database, we calculated the time interval for each patient. We then calculated the proportion of PLHIV who initiated ART within 30 days among those who started ART per month. Mean CD4 count refers to...
Two-thirds of each new HIV patient had delayed diagnosis, and one-third had advanced disease. Treatment delay occurred in 28.3 % of patients, being around four times more likely in adolescents/adults than children. More than half (56 %) of 232 treated patients presented treatment failure, ...
Our findings emphasize the need of reinforcing education to improve retention in care system, as well as the necessity of regular virological monitoring before and during ART and of implementing vaginal dysbiosis diagnosis and treatment in RLCs. Keywords: HIV-1; antiretroviral therapy; genital ...
Other studies have indicated that beginning antiretroviral treatment in infants immediately following diagnosis, rather than waiting until symptoms appear, can reduce infant mortality and disease progression dramatically. Taken together with the ability of antiretroviral therapy to reduce the risk of disease ...
Currently, MSM represent over 80% of new yearly HIV diagnoses. In the 80s, a subset of young doctors and nurses working at Internal Medicine hospital wards became deeply engaged in attending HIV-infected persons. Before the introduction of antiretrovirals in the earlier 1990s, diagnosis and ...
“confirmatory” on its own without additional testing for diagnosis of HIV infection. For example, NAT tests are important for newbornscreening since maternal HIV antibodies may cross the placenta and be detected in the newborn even without infection. However, some are not approved by FDA as ...
A group of nine states in the Southern United States, hereafter referred to as the targeted states, has experienced particularly high HIV diagnosis and cas... S Reif,BW Pence,I Hall,... - 《Journal of Community Health》 被引量: 34发表: 2015年 Prevalence of HIV Type 1 Transmitted Drug ...
Using health information exchange to identifypersons out of HIV care in Atlanta, GABy Katrece OutlawNew HIV transmission rates have remained stable in the UnitedStates for the last decade with an increasing burden of HIVdiagnosis in the Southern states. A significant barrier to reducingHIV ...
11.Branson BM, Mermin J. Establishing the diagnosis of HIV infection: New tests and a new algorithm for the United States. Journal of Clinical Virology. 2011;52(Suppl. 1):S3-S4 12.Delaney KP, Wesolowski LG, Owen SM. The evolution of HIV testing continues. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 20...