Validation of primary CD4 gating as an affordable strategy for absolute CD4 counting in Cambodia

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-185

  Lynen, Lut ^a   Teav, Syna ^b   Vereecken, Chris ^a   Munter, Paul De ^a,b   An, Sokkab ^b   Jacques, Gary ^b   Kestens, Luc ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Affordable flow cytometry; CD4 count; HIV; Resource limited settings

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAMBODIA; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOLUMETRY;

ANTIGENS, CD4; CAMBODIA; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS;

EID: 33748993675     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000242447.82403.c2     Document Type: Article

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