Open AccessEarly Retention in HIV Care and Viral Load Suppression
Author(s) -
Michael J. Mugavero,
K. Rivet Amico,
Andrew O. Westfall,
Heidi M. Crane,
Anne Zinski,
James H. Willig,
Julia C. Dombrowski,
Wynne E. Norton,
James L. Raper,
Mari M. Kitahata,
Michael S. Saag
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0b013e318236f7d2
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , confidence interval , viral load , proportional hazards model , viremia , cumulative incidence , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , cohort
After HIV diagnosis and linkage to care, achieving and sustaining viral load (VL) suppression has implications for patient outcomes and secondary HIV prevention. We evaluated factors associated with expeditious VL suppression and cumulative VL burden among patients establishing outpatient HIV care.