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Two or more significant life-events in 6-months are associated with lower rates of HIV treatment and virologic suppression among youth with HIV in Uganda and Kenya

Florence Mwangwaa Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala, UgandaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9467-0950View further author information
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Edwin D. Charleboisb Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7237-2119View further author information
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James Ayiekoc Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Nairobi, KenyaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0324-4006View further author information
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Winter Olioc Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Nairobi, KenyaView further author information
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Douglas Blackb Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USAView further author information
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James Pengb Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8245-8319View further author information
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Dalsone Kwarisiimaa Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala, UgandaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2886-9261View further author information
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Jane Kabamia Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala, UgandaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0265-3174View further author information
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Laura B. Balzerd Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3730-410XView further author information
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Maya L. Petersene Berkeley School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5505-153XView further author information
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Bill Kapogiannisf Maternal and Pediatric Infectious Diseases Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0754-9090View further author information
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Moses R. Kamyag School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, UgandaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9106-4234View further author information
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Diane V. Havlirb Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0761-3136View further author information
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Theodore D. Ruelb Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 95-105 | Received 19 Jul 2021, Accepted 01 Mar 2022, Published online: 16 May 2022

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