Factors associated with antiretroviral treatment initiation amongst HIV-positive individuals linked to care within a universal test and treat programme: early findings of the ANRS 12249 TasP trial in rural South Africa.

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Published in AIDS Care on January 01, 2016

Authors

Sylvie Boyer1,2, Collins Iwuji3,4, Andréa Gosset1,2,5, Camelia Protopopescu1,2,5, Nonhlanhla Okesola3, Mélanie Plazy6,7, Bruno Spire1,2,5, Joanna Orne-Gliemann6,7, Nuala McGrath3,4,8, Deenan Pillay3,9, François Dabis6,7, Joseph Larmarange3,10, ANRS 12249 TasP study group

Author Affiliations

1: a INSERM, UMR_S 912, « Sciences Economiques & Sociales de la Santé et Traitement de l'Information Médicale » (SESSTIM) , Marseille , France.
2: b Aix Marseille Université, UMR_S 912, IRD , Marseille , France.
3: c Africa Centre for Population Health , University of KwaZulu-Natal , Somkhele , South Africa.
4: d Research Department of Infection and Population Health , University College London , London , UK.
5: e ORS PACA, Observatoire Régional de la Santé Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur , Marseille , France.
6: f ISPED, Centre Inserm U1219 Bordeaux Population Health, University of Bordeaux , Bordeaux , France.
7: g INSERM, ISPED, Centre Inserm U1219 Bordeaux Population Health , Bordeaux , France.
8: h Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Human, Social and Mathematical Sciences , University of Southampton , Southampton , UK.
9: i Faculty of Medical Sciences , University College London , London , UK.
10: j CEPED (Centre Population & Développement-UMR 196-Paris Descartes/IRD) , IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement) , Paris , France.

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