Clinical predictors cannot replace biological predictors in HIV-2 infection in a community setting in West Africa
Author(s) -
Annabelle Gourlay,
Carla van Tienen,
S S Dave,
Tim Vincent,
Sarah Rowland–Jones,
Judith R. Glynn,
Hilton Whittle,
Maarten F. Schim van der Loeff
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.01.001
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , body mass index , confidence interval , proportional hazards model , prospective cohort study , viral load , cohort , anthropometry , cohort study , demography , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , sociology
To identify clinical predictors of mortality in HIV-2-infected individuals that may be used in place of CD4 count or plasma viral load (PVL) to guide treatment management in resource-limited settings.
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