Timing of ART Initiation Associated With HIV-Associated Stroke

Affiliations

¹ Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
² Department of Medicine, Paarl Hospital, Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa.
³ Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
⁴ Division of Radiodiagnosis, Department of Medical Imaging and Clinical Oncology, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
⁵ Biostatistics Unit, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
⁶ Departments of Neurology and Medicine (Infectious Diseases), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.

Craig Corbett et al. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2025.

. 2025 Jan 1;98(1):e1-e3.

doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003529.

¹ Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
² Department of Medicine, Paarl Hospital, Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa.
³ Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
⁴ Division of Radiodiagnosis, Department of Medical Imaging and Clinical Oncology, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
⁵ Biostatistics Unit, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
⁶ Departments of Neurology and Medicine (Infectious Diseases), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no funding or conflicts of interest to disclose.

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