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Not All Are Lost: Interrupted Laboratory Monitoring, Early Death, and Loss to Follow-Up (LTFU) in a Large South African Treatment Program

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Title
Not All Are Lost: Interrupted Laboratory Monitoring, Early Death, and Loss to Follow-Up (LTFU) in a Large South African Treatment Program
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PLOS ONE, March 2012
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0032993
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Authors

Aima A. Ahonkhai, Farzad Noubary, Alison Munro, Ruth Stark, Marisa Wilke, Kenneth A. Freedberg, Robin Wood, Elena Losina

Abstract

Many HIV treatment programs in resource-limited settings are plagued by high rates of loss to follow-up (LTFU). Most studies have not distinguished between those who briefly interrupt, but return to care, and those more chronically lost to follow-up.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 1%
Portugal 1 1%
South Africa 1 1%
Unknown 71 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 15 20%
Researcher 14 19%
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 15%
Other 5 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 7%
Other 16 22%
Unknown 8 11%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 33 45%
Nursing and Health Professions 13 18%
Social Sciences 6 8%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 4%
Computer Science 2 3%
Other 7 9%
Unknown 10 14%