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. 2014 Sep 5;9(9):e107136. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107136

Table 3. Number of HIV-infected people eligible for ART as per the current and new WHO criteria for ART initiation, Karnataka State, India, 2012 (N = 37044*).

Eligibility Criteria Number eligible Percentage Number (%) additionally eligible
WHO-2010 ART Guidelines 27074 73.1
WHO-2013 ART Guidelines (CD4 count ≤500) 31483 85.0 4409 (11.9)
WHO-2013 ART Guidelines (all pregnant women irrespective of CD4 count) 27981 75.5 907 (2.4)
WHO-2013 ART Guidelines (all children under five years irrespective of CD4 count) 27262 73.6 188 (0.5)
WHO-2013 ART Guidelines (CD4 count ≤500+all pregnant women+ all under-five children irrespective of CD4 count) 32178 86.9 5104 (13.8)

WHO-World Health Organization; ART-antiretroviral therapy; HIV-Human immunodeficiency virus;

*Eligibility could not be assessed for 263 patients.