Monitoring antiretroviral therapy in HIV/AIDS patients in resource-limited settings: CD4 counts or total lymphocyte counts?

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-160

  Mbanya, Dora ^a   Assah, Felix ^b   Ndembi, Nicaise ^a   Kaptue, Lazare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cameroon; CD4 counts; Correlation; Sensitivity; Specificity; Total lymphocyte counts

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CALCULATION; CAMEROON; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CAMEROON; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33847115662     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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