Life expectancies of South African adults starting antiretroviral treatment: collaborative analysis of cohort studies.

Few estimates exist of the life expectancy of HIV-positive adults receiving antiretroviral treatment (ART) in low- and middle-income countries. We aimed to estimate the life expectancy of patients starting ART in South Africa and compare it with that of HIV-negative adults.Data were collected from s...

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Main Authors: Leigh F Johnson, Joel Mossong, Rob E Dorrington, Michael Schomaker, Christopher J Hoffmann, Olivia Keiser, Matthew P Fox, Robin Wood, Hans Prozesky, Janet Giddy, Daniela Belen Garone, Morna Cornell, Matthias Egger, Andrew Boulle, International Epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS Southern Africa Collaboration
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3621664?pdf=render