Immediate Blood Draw for CD4+ Cell Count Is Associated with Linkage to Care in Durban, South Africa: Findings from Pathways to Engagement in HIV Care

• Susie Hoffman ,

  * E-mail: sh51@cumc.columbia.edu

  Affiliations HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Theresa M. Exner ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Theresa M. Exner, Naomi Lince-Deroche, Cheng-Shiun Leu, Jessica L. Phillip, Elizabeth A. Kelvin, Anisha D. Gandhi

  Affiliation HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Naomi Lince-Deroche ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Theresa M. Exner, Naomi Lince-Deroche, Cheng-Shiun Leu, Jessica L. Phillip, Elizabeth A. Kelvin, Anisha D. Gandhi

  Current address: Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

  Affiliation Ibis Reproductive Health, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Cheng-Shiun Leu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Theresa M. Exner, Naomi Lince-Deroche, Cheng-Shiun Leu, Jessica L. Phillip, Elizabeth A. Kelvin, Anisha D. Gandhi

  Affiliations HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Jessica L. Phillip ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Theresa M. Exner, Naomi Lince-Deroche, Cheng-Shiun Leu, Jessica L. Phillip, Elizabeth A. Kelvin, Anisha D. Gandhi

  Current address: Health Systems Trust, Midrand, South Africa

  Affiliation South African Medical Research Council, HIV Prevention Research Unit, Durban, South Africa

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• Elizabeth A. Kelvin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Theresa M. Exner, Naomi Lince-Deroche, Cheng-Shiun Leu, Jessica L. Phillip, Elizabeth A. Kelvin, Anisha D. Gandhi

  Affiliation Epidemiology & Biostatistics Program, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Anisha D. Gandhi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Theresa M. Exner, Naomi Lince-Deroche, Cheng-Shiun Leu, Jessica L. Phillip, Elizabeth A. Kelvin, Anisha D. Gandhi

  Affiliation HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Bruce Levin,

  Affiliations HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Dinesh Singh,

  Affiliation South African Medical Research Council, HIV Prevention Research Unit, Durban, South Africa

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• Joanne E. Mantell,

  Affiliation HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Kelly Blanchard ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Ibis Reproductive Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Gita Ramjee

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation South African Medical Research Council, HIV Prevention Research Unit, Durban, South Africa

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