Decreasing excess mortality of HIV-infected patients initiating antiretroviral therapy: comparison with mortality in general population in China, 2003-2009.

Zhu H, Napravnik S, Eron JJ, Cole SR, Ma Y, Wohl DA, Dou Z, Zhang Y, Liu Z, Zhao D, Yu L, Liu X, Cohen MS, Zhang F. Decreasing excess mortality of HIV-infected patients initiating antiretroviral therapy: comparison with mortality in general population in China, 2003-2009. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999). 2013 Aug 15;63(63). e150-7. PMID: 23572014 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC3752313 NIHMSID: NIHMS473884.

Abstract

To evaluate excess mortality across calendar time comparing HIV-infected patients receiving combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) with the general Chinese population.