CD4 stabilization tubes provide improved accuracy of absolute CD4 T-cell counts compared to standard K3 EDTA tubes in human immunodeficiency virus immunologic monitoring in resource-poor settings

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1623-1624

  Shott, Joseph P ^a,b,c   Iga, Boaz ^c   Makumbi, Fredrick ^c,e   Luswata, Charles ^c   Kagulire, Charles ^c   Nammanda, Josephine ^c   Mills, Lisa A ^c,d   Serwadda, David ^e   Quinn, Thomas C ^b,d   Reynolds, Steven J ^b,d  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c RAKAI HEALTH SCIENCES PROGRAM   (Uganda)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; EDETIC ACID;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RURAL AREA; TECHNOLOGY; TUBE; UGANDA; EVALUATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY;

CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; UGANDA;

EID: 55449093312     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00176-08     Document Type: Article

References (1)

1. Kagaayi, J., F. Makumbi, G. Nakigozi, M. J. Wawer, R. H. Gray, D. Serwadda, and S. J. Reynolds. 2007. WHO HIV clinical staging or CD4 cell counts for antiretroviral therapy eligibility assessment? An evaluation in rural Rakai district, Uganda. AIDS 21:1208-1210.