Editorial commentary: Falling through the cracks and dying: missed clinic visits and mortality among HIV-infected patients in care.
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Falling Through the Cracks and Dying: Missed Clinic Visits and Mortality Among HIV-Infected Patients in Care
Complete virologic suppression, although necessary to improve individual health and maximally reduce transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), is only achieved by a minority of HIVinfected persons in the United States, a reality that has been highlighted repeatedly since the initial description of the HIV care cascade by Gardner et al in 2011 [1]. The HIV care cascade, detailing patie...
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
دوره 59 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014