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ArticleOpen forum infectious diseases2016

CD4 Variability in Malawi: Implications for Use of a CD4 Threshold of 500 Cells/mm

Alan L Schooley, Pocha Samuel Kamudumuli, Sitaram Vangala, Chi-Hong Tseng, Chifundo Soko, Julie Parent, Khumbo Phiri, Andreas Jahn, Dan Namarika, Risa M Hoffman

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Article in Open forum infectious diseases, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Alan L SchooleyPartners in Hope Medical Center, Lilongwe, Malawi; Division of Infectious Diseases.
Pocha Samuel KamudumuliURC Malawi Lab Project , Lilongwe.
Sitaram VangalaDepartment of Medicine Statistics Core , University of California , Los Angeles.
Chi-Hong TsengDepartment of Medicine Statistics Core , University of California , Los Angeles.
Chifundo SokoPartners in Hope Medical Center , Lilongwe , Malawi.
Julie ParentPartners in Hope Medical Center , Lilongwe , Malawi.
Khumbo PhiriPartners in Hope Medical Center , Lilongwe , Malawi.
Andreas JahnUniversity of Washington Department of Global Health , International Training and Education Center for Health and Ministry of Health , Lilongwe , Malawi.
Dan NamarikaPartners in Hope Medical Center , Lilongwe , Malawi.
Risa M HoffmanDivision of Infectious Diseases.

Funding

UCLA Clinical and Translational Science InstituteUL1TR000124 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI DUBINETT, STEVEN M. · 2012 to 2015
$57.0M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000124
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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antiretroviral eligibilityantiretroviral therapyCD4 cell count measurement

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PMID27704028
PMCPMC5047419

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