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Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, Vol 11, No 1 (2010)

Held to Ransom: CMV Treatment in South Africa

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

Abstract


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.

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