Successful implementation of a low-cost method for enumerating CD4 + T lymphocytes in resource-limited settings: The ANRS 12-26 study

AIDS

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 2201-2208

  Diagbouga, Serge ^a   Chazallon, Corine ^b   Kazatchkine, Michel D ^c   Van De Perre, Philippe ^d   Inwoley, André ^e   M'Boup, Souleymane ^f   David, Mireille Prince ^g   Ténin, Aoua Thiéro ^h   Soudré, Robert ⁱ   Aboulker, Jean Pierre ^b   Weiss, Laurence ^c  

^a CENTRE MURAZ   (Burkina Faso)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^d HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^e CeDReS   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^f Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Aristide Le Dantec de Dakar   (Senegal)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE LOMÉ   (Togo)

^h Institut National de Recherche en Sante Publique Mali   (Mali)

ⁱ Faculté de Médecine de Ouagadougou   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Africa; CD4 lymphocyte count; Developing countries; Flow cytometry; HIV; Human; Methods

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 10744228347     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200310170-00008     Document Type: Article

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