Convergence of Mortality Rates among Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy in South Africa and North America

Agnes Binagwaho; Cameron T. Nutt; Placidie Mugwaneza; Claire M. Wagner; Sabin Nsanzimana

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001719

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Convergence of Mortality Rates among Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy in South Africa and North America

Agnes Binagwaho ,

* E-mail: agnes_binagwaho@hms.harvard.edu

Affiliations Ministry of Health of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America
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Cameron T. Nutt,

Affiliation Partners In Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Placidie Mugwaneza,

Affiliation HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections Division, Rwanda Biomedical Center, Kigali, Rwanda
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Claire M. Wagner,

Affiliation Center for Global Cancer Medicine, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Sabin Nsanzimana

Affiliation HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections Division, Rwanda Biomedical Center, Kigali, Rwanda
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Convergence of Mortality Rates among Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy in South Africa and North America

Agnes Binagwaho,
Cameron T. Nutt,
Placidie Mugwaneza,
Claire M. Wagner,
Sabin Nsanzimana

Published: September 9, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001719

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