Adult clinical and immunologic outcomes of the national antiretroviral treatment program in Rwanda during 2004-2005.

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Published in J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr on September 01, 2009

Authors

David W Lowrance1, Francois Ndamage, Eugenie Kayirangwa, Felix Ndagije, Wilson Lo, Donald R Hoover, Jeff Hanson, Batya Elul, Aliou Ayaba, Tedd Ellerbrock, Alphonse Rukundo, Fabienne Shumbusho, Denis Nash, Jules Mugabo, Anita Assimwe

Author Affiliations

1: Global AIDS Program, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kigali, Rwanda. lowrance@rw.cdc.gov

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