| Title |
Acceptance of Anti-Retroviral Therapy among Patients Infected with HIV and Tuberculosis in Rural Malawi Is Low and Associated with Cost of Transport
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, December 2006
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0000121 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Rony Zachariah, Anthony David Harries, Marcel Manzi, Patrick Gomani, Roger Teck, Mit Phillips, Peter Firmenich |
| Abstract |
A study was conducted among newly registered HIV-positive tuberculosis (TB) patients systematically offered anti-retroviral treatment (ART) in a district hospital in rural Malawi in order to a) determine the acceptance of ART b) conduct a geographic mapping of those placed on ART and c) examine the association between "cost of transport" and ART acceptance. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 149 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 3% |
| Switzerland | 3 | 2% |
| South Africa | 2 | 1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Denmark | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 135 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 40 | 27% |
| Student > Master | 24 | 16% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 16 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 6% |
| Other | 27 | 18% |
| Unknown | 18 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 63 | 42% |
| Social Sciences | 20 | 13% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 10 | 7% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 5 | 3% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 16 | 11% |
| Unknown | 31 | 21% |