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Prevalence, severity and associated risk factors of anemia among human immunodeficiency virus-infected adults in Sawla General Hospital, Southern Ethiopia: A facility-based cross-sectional study.

Rishan HadguAhmed HusenEsayas MilkiyasNiguse AlemayohRobel ZemoyAzene TesfayeDagimawie TadesseAseer ManilalAklilu Alemayehu
Published in: PloS one (2023)
Anemia is a moderate public health problem among the study population. Longer duration of HIV infection, advanced clinical stage, lower CD4 cell count, and BMI are risk factors for anemia. Therefore, early ART enrolment for HIV-infected adults with nutritional support and rigorous monitoring of CD4 cell count are essential to lower the prevalence.
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