Poor CD4 recovery and risk of subsequent progression to AIDS or death despite viral suppression in a South African cohort
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Poor CD4 recovery and risk of subsequent progression to AIDS or death despite viral suppression in a South African cohort
INTRODUCTION The prognostic role of CD4 response in the first six months of treatment in patients achieving early viral suppression during HIV treatment is unclear. METHODS This was a cohort study of HIV-positive adults initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) between April 2004 and August 2007 who achieved viral suppression (<400 copies/ml) by six months on treatment in South Africa. Immunolo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the International AIDS Society
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1758-2652,1758-2652
DOI: 10.7448/ias.17.1.18651