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Treatment eligibility and retention in clinical HIV care: A regression discontinuity study in South Africa.

Jacob BorMatthew P FoxSydney RosenAtheendar S VenkataramaniFrank TanserDeenan PillayTill Bärnighausen
Published in: PLoS medicine (2017)
Patients who were eligible for immediate ART had dramatically higher retention in HIV care than patients who just missed the CD4-count eligibility cutoff. The clinical and population health benefits of offering immediate ART regardless of CD4 count may be larger than suggested by clinical trials.
Keyphrases
  • south africa
  • clinical trial
  • hiv infected
  • peripheral blood
  • hiv positive
  • nk cells
  • human immunodeficiency virus
  • study protocol