Presenting plasma HIV RNA level and rate of CD4 T-cell decline [1]

JAMA

Volumn 297, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 805-

  Gottlieb, Geoffrey S ^a   Hawes, Stephen E ^a   Nickle, David C ^a   Herbeck, Joshua T ^a   Kiviat, Nancy B ^a   Mullins, James I ^a   Sow, Papa Salif ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; VIRUS RNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VIRUS ATTENUATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION; BLOOD; GENETICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMANS; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 33847415000     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.297.8.805-a     Document Type: Letter

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