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Infectious diseases

a mortality risk index for people with HIV combining age, CD4 count, viral load, hemoglobin, liver fibrosis, kidney function and hepatitis C status.

In infectious diseases, VACS Index refers to a mortality risk index for people with HIV combining age, CD4 count, viral load, hemoglobin, liver fibrosis, kidney function and hepatitis C status. This meaning comes from Tate (2013) in AIDS.[1]

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Tate, J. P., Justice, A. C., Hughes, M. D., Bonnet, F., Reiss, P., Mocroft, A., Nattermann, J., Lampe, F. C., Bucher, H. C., Sterling, T. R., Crane, H. M., Kitahata, M. M., May, M., & Sterne, J. A. C. (2013). An internationally generalizable risk index for mortality after one year of antiretroviral therapy. AIDS, 27(4), 563-572. https://doi.org/10.1097/qad.0b013e32835b8c7f

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