Evolving views and practices of antiretroviral treatment prescribers in Australia

Objective: To examine whether there have been recent changes in Australian antiretroviral treatment (ART) prescribers' perceptions and practices relating to early ART initiation, which was defined as commencing ART when a patient's CD4+ T‐cell count approaches 500 cells/mm3 or immediately after a patient is diagnosed with HIV.

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