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ArticleJournal of the International AIDS Society2017

Selecting a viral load threshold for routine monitoring in resource-limited settings: optimizing individual health and population impact.

Tanya M Ellman, Bereket Alemayehu, Elaine J Abrams, Stephen Arpadi, Andrea A Howard, Wafaa M El-Sadr

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Article in Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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32citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Tanya M EllmanMailman School of Public Health, ICAP at Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Bereket AlemayehuMailman School of Public Health, ICAP at Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Elaine J AbramsMailman School of Public Health, ICAP at Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Stephen ArpadiMailman School of Public Health, ICAP at Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Andrea A HowardMailman School of Public Health, ICAP at Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Wafaa M El-SadrMailman School of Public Health, ICAP at Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

antiretroviral therapyHIV monitoringresource limited settingscale-upthresholdviral load

Identifiers

PMID29171192
PMCPMC5978659

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