Impact of linkage quality on inferences drawn from analyses using data with high rates of linkage errors in rural Tanzania
Rentsch CT, Harron K, Urassa M, Todd J, Reniers G, Zaba B. Impact of linkage quality on inferences drawn from analyses using data with high rates of linkage errors in rural Tanzania. BMC Medical Research Methodology 2018, 18: 165. PMID: 30526518, PMCID: PMC6288858, DOI: 10.1186/s12874-018-0632-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLinkage to care and antiretroviral therapy initiation by testing modality among individuals newly diagnosed with HIV in Tanzania, 2014–2017
Rentsch CT, Wringe A, Machemba R, Michael D, Urassa M, Todd J, Reniers G, Zaba B. Linkage to care and antiretroviral therapy initiation by testing modality among individuals newly diagnosed with HIV in Tanzania, 2014–2017. Tropical Medicine And International Health 2018, 23: 1384-1393. PMID: 30282113, PMCID: PMC6334504, DOI: 10.1111/tmi.13153.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFacility-based VCTAntiretroviral therapy initiationTherapy initiationAntenatal clinicFacility-based HIV testingInitial CD4 cell countART initiation ratesCommunity-based HTCFacility-based HTCHIV serological testingCD4 cell countInitial CD4 countNew HIV diagnosesHIV-positive individualsRural Tanzanian communityCD4 countHIV diagnosisHIV testingSerological testingEarly diagnosisCell countLinkage rateRural wardsCells/HIV