U.S. trends in antiretroviral therapy use, HIV RNA plasma viral loads, and CD4 T-lymphocyte cell counts among HIV-infected persons, 2000 to 2008.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The U.S. National HIV/AIDS Strategy targets for 2015 include "increasing access to care and improving health outcomes for persons living with HIV in the United States" (PLWH-US).

Objective

To demonstrate the utility of the NA-ACCORD (North American AIDS Cohort Collaboration on Research and Design) for monitoring trends in the HIV epidemic in the United States and to present trends in HIV treatment and related health outcomes.

Design

Trends from annual cross-sectional analyses comparing patients from pooled, multicenter, prospective, clinical HIV cohort studies with PLWH-US, as reported to national surveillance systems in 40 states.

Setting

U.S. HIV outpatient clinics.

Patients

HIV-infected adults with 1 or more HIV RNA plasma viral load (HIV V

SUBMITTER: Althoff KN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3534765 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature