Held to Ransom: CMV Treatment in South Africa

oleh: Fatima Laher, Gail Ashford, Angela Cescon, Claire Cullen, Erica Lazarus, Adrian Puren, Linda Visser

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: AOSIS 2010-04-01

Deskripsi

Cytomegalovirus is a multi-systemic infection reactivated in the immunocompromised. Diagnosis and treatment are prohibitively costly in sub-Saharan Africa, and efforts need to be made for their price reduction to support the expanding highly active antiretroviral treatment programme in the region.