Time from treatment initiation to HIV viral suppression in public care facilities in Brazil: a nationwide linked databases cohort
Maria Ines Battistella Nemes,
Ana Paula Sayuri Sato,
Barbara Reis-Santos
et al.
Abstract:ObjectivesTo analyze the time between antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation and the first HIV viral load (VL) test <40 copies—time to suppression (TS)—in a cohort of persons aged ≥15 years, between 2015-2018 in outpatient HIV care facilities of the Brazilian Unified Health System, as well as to analyze whether individual and facility characteristics accelerate or delay TS.MethodsThis was a cohort study with data from a linkage of national HIV databases, following a previously published procedure. Two type… Show more
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