Screening HIV-Infected Patients with Low CD4 Counts for Cryptococcal Antigenemia prior to Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy: Cost Effectiveness of Alternative Screening Strategies in South Africa

Bruce A. Larson; Peter C. Rockers; Rachael Bonawitz; Charlotte Sriruttan; Deborah K. Glencross; Naseem Cassim; Lindi M. Coetzee; Gregory S. Greene; Tom M. Chiller; Snigdha Vallabhaneni; Lawrence Long; Craig van Rensburg; Nelesh P. Govender

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0158986

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Screening HIV-Infected Patients with Low CD4 Counts for Cryptococcal Antigenemia prior to Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy: Cost Effectiveness of Alternative Screening Strategies in South Africa

Bruce A. Larson ,

* E-mail: blarson@bu.edu

Affiliation Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9322-2387

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Peter C. Rockers,

Affiliation Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Rachael Bonawitz,

Affiliations Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Charlotte Sriruttan,

Affiliation National Institute for Communicable Diseases – Centre for Opportunistic, Tropical and Hospital Infections, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Deborah K. Glencross,

Affiliations National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Naseem Cassim,

Affiliations National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Lindi M. Coetzee,

Affiliations National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Gregory S. Greene,

Affiliation Mycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Tom M. Chiller,

Affiliation Mycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Snigdha Vallabhaneni,

Affiliation Mycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Lawrence Long,

Affiliations Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Health Economics and Epidemiology Office, Wits Health Consortium, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Craig van Rensburg,

Affiliations Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Health Economics and Epidemiology Office, Wits Health Consortium, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Nelesh P. Govender

Affiliations National Institute for Communicable Diseases – Centre for Opportunistic, Tropical and Hospital Infections, Johannesburg, South Africa, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Screening HIV-Infected Patients with Low CD4 Counts for Cryptococcal Antigenemia prior to Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy: Cost Effectiveness of Alternative Screening Strategies in South Africa

Bruce A. Larson,
Peter C. Rockers,
Rachael Bonawitz,
Charlotte Sriruttan,
Deborah K. Glencross,
Naseem Cassim,
Lindi M. Coetzee,
Gregory S. Greene,
Tom M. Chiller,
Snigdha Vallabhaneni

Published: July 8, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158986

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