Advanced HIV disease at entry into HIV care and initiation of antiretroviral therapy during 2006-2011: findings from four sub-saharan African countries.

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on November 05, 2013

Authors

Maria Lahuerta1, Yingfeng Wu, Susie Hoffman, Batya Elul, Sarah Gorrell Kulkarni, Robert H Remien, Harriet Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha, Wafaa El-Sadr, Denis Nash, Multi-level determinants of late ART initiation in sub-Saharan Africa Team and, Identifying Optimal Models of HIV Care in sub-Saharan Africa Collaboration

Author Affiliations

1: Mailman School of Public Health, ICAP-Columbia University.

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