Does Timing of Antiretroviral Treatment Influence Treatment Outcomes of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Northwest Ethiopia?
Abstract
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) patients with HIV co-infection should receive antiretroviral treatment (ART). However, the best timing for initiation of ART is not known. Among such individuals, we assessed the influence of ART timing on VL outcomes.Publisher
Oxford University PressPubMed ID
28633331Language
enISSN
1878-3503ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1093/trstmh/trx023
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