Modeling the trajectory of CD4 cell count and its effect on the risk of AIDS progression and TB infection among HIV-infected patients using a joint model of competing risks and longitudinal ordinal data

Background: This study was conducted to better understand the influence of prognostic factors and the trend of CD4 cell count on the risk of progression to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and tuberculosis (TB) infection among patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in a developing...

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Main Authors: Behnaz Alafchi, Hossein Mahjub, Leili Tapak, Jalal Poorolajal, Ghodratollah Roshanaei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Milano University Press 2020-01-01
Series:Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health
Online Access:https://ebph.it/article/view/13223
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