Prioritizing CD4 count monitoring in response to ART in resource-constrained settings: a retrospective application of prediction-based classification.

Global programs of anti-HIV treatment depend on sustained laboratory capacity to assess treatment initiation thresholds and treatment response over time. Currently, there is no valid alternative to CD4 count testing for monitoring immunologic responses to treatment, but laboratory cost and capacity...

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Main Authors: Livio Azzoni, Andrea S Foulkes, Yan Liu, Xiaohong Li, Margaret Johnson, Collette Smith, Adeeba Bte Kamarulzaman, Julio Montaner, Karam Mounzer, Michael Saag, Pedro Cahn, Carina Cesar, Alejandro Krolewiecki, Ian Sanne, Luis J Montaner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3328436?pdf=render