tailieunhanh - báo cáo hóa học:" Development and evaluation of a clinical algorithm to monitor patients on antiretrovirals in resource-limited settings using adherence, clinical and CD4 cell count criteria"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về hóa học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học đề tài : Development and evaluation of a clinical algorithm to monitor patients on antiretrovirals in resource-limited settings using adherence, clinical and CD4 cell count criteria | Journal of the International AIDS Society BioMed Central Research Development and evaluation of a clinical algorithm to monitor patients on antiretrovirals in resource-limited settings using adherence clinical and CD4 cell count criteria David Meya1 Lisa A Spacek2 Hilda Tibenderana1 Laurence John 1 Irene Namugga1 Stephen Magero1 Robin Dewar3 Thomas C Quinn2 4 Robert Colebunders5 Andrew Kambugu1 and Steven J Reynolds1 3 Open Access Address Infectious Diseases Institute Makerere University Kampala Uganda 2Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore USA 3SAIC Frederick MD USA 4National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health USA and institute of Tropical Medicine and University of Antwerp Antwerp Belgium Email David Meya - Lisa A Spacek - lspacek@ Hilda Tibenderana - htibenderana@ Laurence John - Irene Namugga - irenenamugga@ Stephen Magero - smagero@ Robin Dewar - rdewar@ Thomas C Quinn - tquinn@ Robert Colebunders - bcoleb@ Andrew Kambugu - akambugu@ Steven J Reynolds - sjr@ Corresponding author Published 4 March 2009 Received 19 September 2008 Journal of the International AIDS Society 2009 12 3 doi 1758-2652-12-3 Accepted 4 March 2009 This article is available from http content l2 l 3 2009 Meya et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Routine viral load monitoring of patients on antiretroviral therapy ART is not affordable in most resource-limited settings. Methods A cross-sectional study of 496 Ugandans established on ART was performed at the Infectious Diseases Institute Kampala Uganda. .