Predictors of long-term viral failure among ugandan children and adults treated with antiretroviral therapy.

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Published in J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr on October 01, 2007

Authors

Moses R Kamya1, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, Andrew Kambugu, Sabrina Bakeera-Kitaka, Fred Semitala, Patricia Mwebaze-Songa, Barbara Castelnuovo, Petra Schaefer, Lisa A Spacek, Anne F Gasasira, Elly Katabira, Robert Colebunders, Thomas C Quinn, Allan Ronald, David L Thomas, Adeodata Kekitiinwa, Academic Alliance for AIDS Care and Prevention in Africa

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. mkamya@infocom.co.ug

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