Relationship Between Time to Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy and Treatment Outcomes: A Cohort Analysis of ART Eligible Adolescents in Zimbabwe.

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Published in J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr on April 01, 2017

Authors

Florian Vogt1, Andrea M Rehman, Katharina Kranzer, Mary Nyathi, Johan Van Griensven, Mark Dixon, Wedu Ndebele, Hilary Gunguwo, Robert Colebunders, Mbongeni Ndlovu, Tsitsi Apollo, Rashida A Ferrand

Author Affiliations

1: *Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; †London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; ‡National and Supranational Reference Laboratory, Research Centre Leibnitz, Borstel, Germany; §Mpilo Central Hospital, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe; ‖National University of Science and Technology, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe; ¶University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; #Ministry of Health and Child Welfare, Harare, Zimbabwe; **University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe; and ††Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Harare, Zimbabwe.

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