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Implications of adopting new WHO guidelines for antiretroviral therapy initiation in Ethiopia

OBJECTIVE: To assess the implications of implementing the World Health Organization (WHO) 2010 guidelines for antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation in adults and adolescents with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, which recommend initiating ART at a CD4+ T lymphocyte (CD4+) threshold of...

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Main Authors:	Elke Konings (Author), Yirga Ambaw (Author), Katherine Dilley (Author), Peter Gichangi (Author), Tesfaye Arega (Author), Bud Crandall (Author)
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Published:	The World Health Organization, 2012-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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