Peripheral CD4+/CD8+ T-lymphocyte counts estimated by an immunocapture method in the normal healthy south Indian adults and HIV seropositive individuals

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 101-108

  Kannangai, R ^a   Prakash, K J ^a   Ramalingam, S ^a   Abraham, O C ^a   Mathews, K P ^a   Jesudason, M V ^a   Sridharan, G ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Capcellia; CD4 CD8 estimation; HIV 1; HIV 1 and 2; HIV 2; India

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-CD8 RATIO; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMANS; INDIA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033837665     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6532(00)00080-9     Document Type: Article

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