The Effect of a "Universal Antiretroviral Therapy" Recommendation on HIV RNA Levels Among HIV-Infected Patients Entering Care With a CD4 Count Greater Than 500/ L in a Public Health Setting
Author(s) -
Elvin Geng,
C. Bradley Hare,
James O. Kahn,
Vivek Jain,
T. Van Nunnery,
K. A. Christopoulos,
Steven G. Deeks,
Monica Gandhi,
D Havlir
Publication year - 2012
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 - 10.1093/cid/cis750
Subject(s) - medicine , antiretroviral therapy , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , family medicine , public health , viral load , lentivirus , virology , immunology , viral disease , nursing
On 1 January 2010, a large, publicly funded clinic in San Francisco announced a "universal ART" approach to initiate antiretroviral therapy (ART) in all human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected persons. The effect of changing guidance on real-world patient outcomes has not been evaluated.
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