Early mortality after late initiation of antiretroviral therapy in the TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database (TAHOD) of the International Epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) Asia-Pacific.
Dhanushi RupasingheS KiertiburanakulA KamarulzamanF ZhangN KumarasamyR ChaiwarithT P MeratiC D DoS KhusuwanAnchalee AvihingsanonM P LeeP S LyE YunihastutiK V NguyenR DitangcoY J ChanS PujariO T NgJ Y ChoiBlh SimJ TanumaS SangleJ RossM LawPublished in: HIV medicine (2019)
Fifty-two per cent of early deaths were AIDS-related. Efforts to initiate ART at CD4 counts > 50 cell/μL are associated with improved short-term survival rates, even in those with late stages of HIV disease.