Inverse relationship between the titre of TT virus DNA and the CD4 cell count in patients infected with HIV

AIDS

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 563-570

  Shibayama, Takao ^a,b,c   Masuda, Gohta ^a,b,c   Ajisawa, Atsushi ^a,b,c   Takahashi, Masaharu ^a,b,c   Nishizawa, Tsutomu ^a,b,c   Tsuda, Fumio ^a,b,c   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^a,b,c  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Shinagawa ku   (Japan)

Author keywords

AIDS; CD4 lymphocyte count; Co infection; Genotype; HIV infection; TT virus; Viral load

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH STATUS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 0035970696     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200103300-00004     Document Type: Article

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