Are they really lost? "true" status and reasons for treatment discontinuation among HIV infected patients on antiretroviral therapy considered lost to follow up in Urban Malawi.

INTRODUCTION: Patients who are lost to follow-up (LTFU) while on antiretroviral therapy (ART) pose challenges to the long-term success of ART programs. We describe the extent to which patients considered LTFU are misclassified as true disengagement from care when they are still alive on ART and expl...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Hannock Tweya, Caryl Feldacker, Janne Estill, Andreas Jahn, Wingston Ng'ambi, Anne Ben-Smith, Olivia Keiser, Mphatso Bokosi, Matthias Egger, Colin Speight, Joe Gumulira, Sam Phiri
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Online Access:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3784425?pdf=render