Convergence of mortality rates among patients on antiretroviral therapy in South Africa and North America

PLoS Med. 2014 Sep 9;11(9):e1001719. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001719. eCollection 2014 Sep.

Abstract

Agnes Binagwaho and colleagues explore the narrowing gap between South African and North American cohorts in survival on HIV treatment, described in the study by Andrew Boulle and colleagues.

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Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active / mortality*
  • Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active / trends*
  • Cooperative Behavior*
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy*
  • HIV Infections / mortality*
  • HIV-1*
  • Humans
  • Male

Grants and funding

CMW's contributions to this work were supported by a UICC Fellowship funded by the Center for Global Health at the US National Cancer Institute. The funders had no role in the decision to publish or in the preparation of the manuscript.