WHO HIV clinical staging or CD4 cell counts for antiretroviral therapy eligibility assessment? An evaluation in rural Rakai district, Uganda.

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Published in AIDS on May 31, 2007

Authors

Joseph Kagaayi1, Fredrick Makumbi, Gertrude Nakigozi, Maria J Wawer, Ronald H Gray, David Serwadda, Steven J Reynolds

Author Affiliations

1: Rakai Health Sciences Programme, Rakai, Uganda.

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