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Table 4 Technical standard (NTS No. 097 MINSA/DGSP-V.02) in Peru for comprehensive care of the adult with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection

From: Adherence to antiretroviral therapy and the associated factors among people living with HIV/AIDS in Northern Peru: a cross-sectional study

Any person with HIV infection who has symptoms related to immunosuppression (clinical stages 2, 3 and 4 of the WHO 2007 classification)

Any person with HIV infection who has a CD4 T cell count ≤ 500 cells/μL, regardless of the presence of symptoms

Any person with HIV infection, regardless of the presence of symptoms and CD4 T cell count, who has any of the following conditions

  HIV-related nephropathy

  Neuro-cognitive impairment associated with HIV

  Non-HIV neoplasms that require chemotherapy or radiation therapy

  Coinfection with chronic hepatitis B requiring treatment

  Chronic hepatitis C co-infection requiring treatment

  HIV-related autoimmune diseases

  Gestation

Anyone with acute HIV infection who has symptoms

Serodiscordant couples

Other cases, according to the criteria of the treating physician after consultation and approval of the Expert Committee on Comprehensive Care for Adults with HIV Infection