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Antiretroviral therapy among patients with HIV in Almaty, Kazakhstan: the implication for HIV-associated tuberculosis control
Author(s) -
Alfiya Denebayeva,
Arpine Abrahamyan,
Aelita Sargsyan,
Karine Kentenyants,
Ainur Zhandybayeva,
Zhamilya Nugmanova,
Anarkhan Nurkerimova,
Karapet Davtyan,
Marat Tukeyev
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.11924
Subject(s) - medicine , guideline , tuberculosis , antiretroviral therapy , odds ratio , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , confounding , retrospective cohort study , pediatrics , confidence interval , tb treatment , cohort , disease , immunology , viral load , pathology
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is an effective preventive strategy against tuberculosis (TB) in people living with HIV (PLWH). In Kazakhstan, according to the revised HIV treatment guideline (2017), ART should be initiated immediately after HIV diagnosis established, regardless of CD4+ count.

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