Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine (Apr 2010)

Held to Ransom: CMV Treatment in South Africa

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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhivmed.v11i1.243
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1

Abstract

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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.