Risk factors for loss to follow-up prior to ART initiation among patients enrolling in HIV care with CD4+ cell count ≥200 cells/μL in the multi-country MTCT-Plus Initiative.

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Published in BMC Health Serv Res on June 25, 2015

Authors

R Charon Gwynn1,2, Ashraf Fawzy3, Ida Viho4, Yingfeng Wu5, Elaine J Abrams6, Denis Nash7

Author Affiliations

1: ICAP at Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA. cgwynn@health.nyc.gov.
2: Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, USA. cgwynn@health.nyc.gov.
3: Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA. ashraf.fawzy@bmc.org.
4: ICAP at Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, Cote de Ivoire, New York, NY, USA. ida.viho@aviso.ci.
5: ICAP at Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA. yw2322@columbia.edu.
6: ICAP at Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health & College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. eja1@cumc.columbia.edu.
7: Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program, CUNY School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA. dnash@hunter.cuny.edu.

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