Investigating the Determinants of Mortality Before Cd4 Count Recovery in a Cohort Of Patients Initiated on Antiretroviral Therapy in South Africa Using a Fine and Gray Competing Risks Model
Chiedza Elvina Mashiri,
Jesca Mercy Batidzirai,
Retius Chifurira
et al.
Abstract:CD4 count recovery is the main goal for an HIV patient who initiated ART. Some patients respond positively to ART and attain CD4 count recovery, some patients might fail to recover their CD4 count due to non-adherence, treatment resistance, and virological failure, leading to HIV-related complications and death. The purpose of this study is to find the determinants of death in patients who failed to recover their CD4 count after initiating antiretroviral therapy. The data used in this study was obtained from … Show more
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