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01-12-2010 | Poster presentation
Aetiologies and factors associated with mortality among HIV-infected patients at Taraba State Specialist Hospital, Jalingo, Nigeria
Author:
DR Dashe
Published in:
Journal of the International AIDS Society
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Special Issue 4/2010
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Excerpt
Despite improved access to life-saving antiretroviral drugs, HIV associated mortality remains high in most settings in sub-Saharan Africa. Several studies have shown remarkable temporal distribution of these mortality figures, with a disproportionately higher number of patients dying within the first few months of commencing HAART. …