Women experience a better long-term immune recovery and a better survival on HAART in Lao People's Democratic Republic

In April 2003, Médecins Sans Frontières launched an HIV/AIDS programme to provide free HAART to HIV-infected patients in Laos. Although HIV prevalence is estimated as low in this country, it has been increasing in the last years. This work reports the first results of an observational cohort study a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMC infectious diseases 2013-01, Vol.13 (1), p.27-27, Article 27
Hauptverfasser:	Bastard, Mathieu, Soulinphumy, Khamphang, Phimmasone, Prasith, Saadani, Ahmed Hassani, Ciaffi, Laura, Communier, Arlette, Phimphachanh, Chansy, Ecochard, René, Etard, Jean-François
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acquired immune deficiency syndrome Adult AIDS Antiretroviral drugs Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active Antiviral agents CD4 Lymphocyte Count Drug therapy Female Health aspects Highly active antiretroviral therapy HIV HIV Infections - drug therapy HIV Infections - immunology HIV Infections - mortality Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Immune response Laos Male Medical research Medicine, Experimental Mortality Patient outcomes Physiological aspects Pregnant women Proportional Hazards Models Retrospective Studies
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Zusammenfassung:	In April 2003, Médecins Sans Frontières launched an HIV/AIDS programme to provide free HAART to HIV-infected patients in Laos. Although HIV prevalence is estimated as low in this country, it has been increasing in the last years. This work reports the first results of an observational cohort study and it aims to identify the principal determinants of the CD4 cells evolution and to assess mortality among patients on HAART. We performed a retrospective database analysis on patients initiated on HAART between 2003 and 2009 (CD4
ISSN:	1471-2334 1471-2334
DOI:	10.1186/1471-2334-13-27