Incidence of Opportunistic Infections and the Impact of Antiretroviral Therapy Among HIV-Infected Adults in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Andrea Low,
Georgios Gavriilidis,
Natasha Larke,
Marie-Renée B-Lajoie,
Olivier Drouin,
John Stover,
Lulu Muhe,
Philippa Easterbrook
Publication year - 2016
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/ciw125
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , tuberculosis , antiretroviral therapy , confidence interval , meta analysis , pneumocystis pneumonia , pneumonia , pediatrics , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , demography , immunology , viral load , pneumocystis jirovecii , pathology , physics , sociology , optics
To understand regional burdens and inform delivery of health services, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the effect of antiretroviral therapy (ART) on incidence of key opportunistic infections (OIs) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected adults in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
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