Why You Should Start ART Right Away

SOURCES:

Shannon Galvin, MD, associate professor of medicine and infectious diseases, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Gregory Huhn, MD, MPHTM, associate professor of medicine and infectious diseases, Rush University Medical Center; attending physician, Cook County Health, Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center.

National Institutes of Health: “Starting antiretroviral treatment early improves outcomes for HIV-infected individuals.”

AIDSinfo: “HIV Treatment,” “Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Adults and Adolescents with HIV,” “HIV and Opportunistic Infections, Coinfections, and Conditions,” “The science is clear: with HIV, undetectable equals untransmittable.”

New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute: “When to Initiate ART, With Protocol for Rapid Initiation.”

HIV.gov: “HIV Treatment Overview.”

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: “HIV: CD4 count (or T-cell count).”

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America: “Antiretroviral Therapy: When to Start.”

UpToDate: “When to initiate antiretroviral therapy in persons with HIV.”

AIDS: “Mental health and HIV/AIDS: the need for an integrated response.”