Mortality of HIV-infected patients starting antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa: comparison with HIV-unrelated mortality

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2009

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http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16149
 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000066
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Authors
Brinkhof, Martin W G
Boulle, Andrew
Weigel, Ralf
Messou, Eugène
Mathers, Colin
Orrell, Catherine
Dabis, François
Pascoe, Margaret
Egger, Matthias
(IeDEA), for the International epidemiological Databases to Evaluate AIDS
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PLOS Medicince

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http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine
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Public Library of Science

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University of Cape Town

Department
Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine
Faculty
Faculty of Health Sciences
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Abstract
Comparing mortality rates between patients starting HIV treatment and the general population in four African countries, Matthias Egger and colleagues find the gap decreases over time, especially with early treatment.
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Keywords
Death rates
Antiretroviral therapy
AIDS
Africa
Global health
HIV infections
HIV epidemiology
Age groups

Reference:

Brinkhof, M. W., Boulle, A., Weigel, R., Messou, E., Mathers, C., Orrell, C., ... & International Epidemiological Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA). (2009). Mortality of HIV-infected patients starting antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa: comparison with HIV-unrelated mortality. PLoS medicine, 6(4), 388. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000066

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