Characteristics and outcomes of individuals enrolled for HIV care in a rural clinic in Coastal Kenya - Abbreviations

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Characteristics and outcomes of individuals enrolled for HIV care in a rural clinic

in Coastal Kenya

Hassan, A.S.

Publication date

2014

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Hassan, A. S. (2014). Characteristics and outcomes of individuals enrolled for HIV care in a

rural clinic in Coastal Kenya.

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ABBREVIATIONS

AIDS Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ART Antiretroviral Therapy

ARV Antiretrovirals BMI Body Mass Index

CCRC Comprehensive Care and Research Clinic CRF Circulating Recombinant Forms

DBS Dried Blood Spots DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid

DTC Diagnostic Testing and Counseling EID Early Infant Diagnosis

HAART Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus IAVI International AIDS Vaccine Initiative KDH Kilifi District Hospital

KEMRI Kenya Medical research Institute LTFU Loss to Follow up

MCH Mother and Child Health

NASCOP National AIDS and STI Control Programme NNRTI Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors NRTI Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors PCR Polymerase Chain Reaction

PEPFAR President Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief PI Protease Inhibitors

PITC Provider Initiated testing and Counseling PMTCT Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission RNA Ribonucleic Acid

SIV Simian Immunodeficiency Virus sSA sub-Saharan Africa

STI Sexually Transmitted Infections TDR Transmitted Drug Resistance WHO World Health Organization