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Late-stage disease at presentation to an HIV clinic in Eastern Tanzania: a retrospective cross-sectional study

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dc.creator Mhozya, H.
dc.creator Bintabara, D.
dc.creator Kibusi, S.
dc.creator Neilson, E.
dc.creator Mpondo, B. C.
dc.creator Bintabara, D
dc.date 2021-08-20T09:22:53Z
dc.date 2021-08-20T09:22:53Z
dc.date 2015
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-20T14:01:48Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-20T14:01:48Z
dc.identifier Mhozya, H., Bintabara, D., Kibusi, S., Neilson, E., & Mpondo, B. C. (2015). Late-stage disease at presentation to an HIV clinic in Eastern Tanzania: a retrospective cross-sectional study. Malawi Medical Journal, 27(4), 125-127.
dc.identifier DOI:10.4314/mmj.v27i4.2
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/3295
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/3295
dc.description Abstract. Full text article available at https://doi.org/10.4314/mmj.v27i4.2
dc.description Late presentation and delayed treatment initiation is associated with poor outcomes in patients with HIV. Little is known about the stage at which HIV patients present at HIV clinics in Tanzania. This study aimed at determining the proportion of HIV patients presenting with WHO clinical stages 3 and 4 disease and the level of immunity at the time of enrollment at the care and treatment center. A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted among 366 HIVinfected adults attending HIV clinic at Mwananyamala Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Data were obtained from the care and treatment clinic database. Late stage disease at the time of presentation was found in 276 (75.4%) of the patients; out of whom 153 (41.8%) presented with CD4 count <200 cells/ul and 229 (62.6%) presented with WHO clinical stage 3 or 4 at the time of clinic enrollment. Strategies to improve early diagnosis and treatment initiation should be improved.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Montfort Press
dc.subject Late-stage disease
dc.subject HIV clinic
dc.subject Human immunodeficiency virus
dc.subject HIV patients
dc.subject Tanzania
dc.subject Health care system
dc.subject Morbidity
dc.subject Mortality
dc.subject CD4 count
dc.title Late-stage disease at presentation to an HIV clinic in Eastern Tanzania: a retrospective cross-sectional study
dc.type Article


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