Lymphocyte subset enumeration in HIV seronegative and HIV-1 seropositive adults in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Determination of reference values in males and females and comparison of two flow cytometric methods

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 277, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 65-74

  Urassa, W K ^a   Mbena, E M ^a   Swai, A B ^a   Gaines, H ^b   Mhalu, F S ^a   Biberfeld, G ^b,c  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adults; Africa; Flow cytometry; HIV 1; Lymphocyte subsets; Reference ranges

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TANZANIA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 0038208165     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(03)00174-1     Document Type: Article

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