Reply to Okatch et al

Affiliations

¹ Center for Global Health Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School Department of Medicine, Medical Practice Evaluation Center, Massachusetts General Hospital.
³ Center for Global Health Harvard Medical School Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Center for Global Health.
⁵ Center for Global Health Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda.
⁶ Center for Global Health Harvard Medical School Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

Comment

Mark J Siedner et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2016.

. 2016 Mar 1;62(5):670-1.

doi: 10.1093/cid/civ969. Epub 2015 Dec 13.

¹ Center for Global Health Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School Department of Medicine, Medical Practice Evaluation Center, Massachusetts General Hospital.
³ Center for Global Health Harvard Medical School Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Center for Global Health.
⁵ Center for Global Health Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda.
⁶ Center for Global Health Harvard Medical School Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

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Trends in CD4 count at presentation to care and treatment initiation in sub-Saharan Africa, 2002-2013: a meta-analysis.
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CD4 Cell Counts at Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation in Botswana Have Been Increasing.
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