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Treatment failure and mortality factors in patients receiving second-line HIV therapy in resource-limited countries

Pujades-Rodríguez M, Balkan S, Arnould L, Brinkhof MW, Calmy A
2010-07-21 • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
2010-07-21 • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
CONTEXT
Long-term antiretroviral therapy (ART) use in resource-limited countries leads to increasing numbers of patients with HIV taking second-line therapy. Limited access to furthe...
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Early mortality and loss to follow-up in HIV-infected children starting antiretroviral therapy in Southern Africa

Fenner L, Brinkhof MW, Keiser O, Weigel R, Cornell M,  et al.
2010-08-01 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
2010-08-01 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
BACKGROUND: Many HIV-infected children in Southern Africa have been started on antiretroviral therapy (ART), but loss to follow up (LTFU) can be substantial. We analyzed mortality in chi...
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Switching to second-line antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings: comparison of programmes with and without viral load monitoring

Keiser O, Tweya H, Boulle AM, Braitstein P, Schechter M,  et al.
2009-09-10 • AIDS
2009-09-10 • AIDS
BACKGROUND
In high-income countries, viral load is routinely measured to detect failure of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and guide switching to second-line ART. Viral load monitoring ...
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Correcting mortality for loss to follow-up: a nomogram applied to antiretroviral treatment programmes in sub-Saharan Africa

Egger M, Sidle J, Weigel R, Geng EH, Fox MP,  et al.
2011-01-01 • PLOS Medicine
2011-01-01 • PLOS Medicine
The World Health Organization estimates that in sub-Saharan Africa about 4 million HIV-infected patients had started antiretroviral therapy (ART) by the end of 2008. Loss of patients to ...
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Public-health and individual approaches to antiretroviral therapy: township South Africa and Switzerland compared

Keiser O, Orrell C, Egger M, Wood R, Brinkhof MW,  et al.
2008-07-08 • PLOS Medicine
2008-07-08 • PLOS Medicine
BACKGROUND: The provision of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in resource-limited settings follows a public health approach, which is characterised by a limited number of reg...
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Mortality of patients lost to follow-up in antiretroviral treatment programmes in resource-limited settings: systematic review and meta-analysis

Brinkhof MW, Pujades-Rodriguez M, Egger M
2009-06-04 • PLOS One
2009-06-04 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND: The retention of patients in antiretroviral therapy (ART) programmes is an important issue in resource-limited settings. Loss to follow up can be substantial, but it is uncle...