Prevalence of Advanced HIV Disease and Associated Factors among Newly Diagnosed Patients at Public Hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2023: Multi-Center Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study
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2024
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Addis Ababa University
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Many patients having HIV present to the health care system with advanced HIV disease. Patients with advanced HIV disease have CD4 cell count of less than 200cells/mm3 or WHO stage III or IV clinical events. The primary culprits responsible for severe morbidity and mortality are tuberculosis, severe bacterial infections and cryptococcal meningitis.
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Advanced HIV disease, Prevalence, Associated factors, CD4 count