CD4/CD8 T-cell ratio predicts HIV infection in infants: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute P2C2 Study

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1449-1456

  Shearer, William T ^a   Pahwa, Savita ^b   Read, Jennifer S ^c   Chen, Jian ^d   Wijayawardana, Sameera R ^d   Palumbo, Paul ^e   Abrams, Elaine J ^f   Nesheim, Stephen R ^g   Yin, Wanrong ^h   Thompson, Bruce ^h   Easley, Kirk A ^d  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f Department of Medicine   (United States)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h Clinical Trials & Surveys Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

CD4 CD8 T cell ratio; HIV infection; mother to child transmission of HIV

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; LUNG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; MOTHER; PEDIATRICS; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CD4-CD8 RATIO; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE (U.S.); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36749096428     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.08.037     Document Type: Article

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