Higher Set Point Plasma Viral Load and More-Severe Acute HIV Type 1 (HIV-1) Illness Predict Mortality among High-Risk HIV-1-Infected African Women | Zendy

Ludo Lavreys | Zendy; Jared M. Baeten | Zendy; V. Chohan | Zendy; R. Scott McClelland | Zendy; Wail M. Hassan | Zendy; Barbara A. Richardson | Zendy; K. Mandaliya | Zendy; J. O. N. Achola | Zendy; Julie Overbaugh | Zendy

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Higher Set Point Plasma Viral Load and More-Severe Acute HIV Type 1 (HIV-1) Illness Predict Mortality among High-Risk HIV-1-Infected African Women

Author(s) -

Ludo Lavreys,

Jared M. Baeten,

V. Chohan,

R. Scott McClelland,

Wail M. Hassan,

Barbara A. Richardson,

K. Mandaliya,

J. O. N. Achola,

Julie Overbaugh

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/503258

Subject(s) - medicine , viral load , hazard ratio , proportional hazards model , survival analysis , mortality rate , cohort , immunology , cohort study , multivariate analysis , prospective cohort study , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , confidence interval

There is limited information on the natural history of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection in Africa, especially from individuals with well-defined dates of infection. We used data from a prospective cohort study of female sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya, who were followed up monthly from before the date of HIV-1 infection.

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