Prevalence of cryptococcal antigenemia and cost-effectiveness of a cryptococcal antigen screening program--Vietnam.
Smith RM, Nguyen TA, Ha HT, Thang PH, Thuy C, Lien TX, Bui HT, Le TH, Struminger B, McConnell MS, Fanfair RN, Park BJ, Harris JR.
Smith RM, et al.
PLoS One. 2013 Apr 23;8(4):e62213. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062213. Print 2013.
PLoS One. 2013.
PMID: 23626792
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The World Health Organization (WHO) recently recommended screening HIV-infected adults with CD4<100 cells/mm(3) for serum cryptococcal antigen (CrAg), a marker of early cryptococcal infection, in areas of high CrAg prevalence. We evaluated CrAg prevalence and cost-ef …
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently recommended screening HIV-infected adults with CD4<100 cells/mm(3) for serum cryptococcal an …