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Use of WHO clinical stage for assessing patient eligibility to antiretroviral therapy in a routine health service setting in Jinja, Uganda

author(s) Grosskurth, H.. - Jaffar, S.. - Birungi, J.. - Amuron, B.. - Namara, G.. - Nabiryo, C.. - Coutinho, A.
from UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
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  • Eastern Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
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AIDS Research and Therapy (2008) 5 (4) 1742-6405 (doi: 10.1186/1742-6405-5-4)

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Abstract

In a routine service delivery setting in Uganda, we assessed the ability of the WHO clinical stage to accurately identify HIV-infected patients in whom antiretroviral therapy should be started. Among 4302 subjects screened for ART, the sensitivity and specificity (95% CI) of WHO stage III, IV against a CD4 count

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