HIV/AIDS Monitoring Tests: CD4 (T-Cell) Tests
The Basics
 Starting HIV Treatment With a Low CD4 Count: What You Need to Know (August 25, 2016)
From TheBody.com
 Do CD4 Counts Matter After Starting Treatment? An HIV Doc Responds (May 26, 2016)
From TheBody.com
- Basic Tests and Screenings to Provide Newly Diagnosed Patients (December 10, 2015)
From TheBodyPRO.com
 Understanding CD4 Cells and CD4 Cell Tests (August 5, 2015)
From The Well Project
 How Often Do I Need to Get My HIV Labs Done? (December 9, 2014)
From TheBody.com
- CD4 Cell Tests (May 16, 2014)
From AIDS InfoNet
- Diagnostic, Monitoring and Resistance Laboratory Tests for HIV (January 2014)
To read PDF, click here.
From New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute
- JAMA Internal Medicine Editorial Questions the Necessity of CD4 Tests in Virally Supressed Patients (August 28, 2013)
In Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
On TheBodyPRO.com
 Can Bugs Increase CD4 Cells? A Blog Entry by Nelson Vergel (July 3, 2013)
We need to wait until further data are available from human studies to say for sure if probiotic supplements help HIV+ patients increase their CD4 cells."
From TheBody.com
- FAQs About CD4 (T-Cell) Count (December 31, 2011)
From The Body's "Ask the Experts" Forums
- How the Immune System Fights Disease (September 18, 2008)
Great primer on how T cells work.
In AIDS 101, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
- Blood Work: Two Common Tests to Use for Monitoring HIV Disease (January 2008)
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From Project Inform
- Measuring Memory T-Cell Responses (Winter 2001/2002)
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In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
Research
 CD4:CD8 Ratio Is More Sensitive Marker of Risk Than CD4 Counts in Analysis From START Study (August 9, 2016)
In HIV Treatment Bulletin, from HIV i-Base
On TheBodyPRO.com
 Treatment in Primary HIV Infection Is Significantly More Likely to Normalize CD4:CD8 Ratio (August 9, 2016)
In HIV Treatment Bulletin, from HIV i-Base
On TheBodyPRO.com
 Higher CD4/CD8 Ratio Tied to Lower Risk of Coronary Artery Disease (June 3, 2016)
From TheBodyPRO.com
- New Ideas About CD4 Cell Counts and When to Start Treatment (August/September 2015)
In TreatmentUpdate, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
On TheBodyPRO.com
- Higher CD4 Counts -- But Not Statins -- Cut Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke and Mortality (June 22, 2015)
From TheBodyPRO.com
- More on the Links Between the CD4/CD8 Ratio, Immunological Perturbations, and Risk of Illness and Death (May 21, 2014)
In Michael Palm HIV Basic Science, Vaccines & Cure Project, from Treatment Action Group
On TheBodyPRO.com
- Low CD4/CD8 Ratio Predicts Non-AIDS Illness in Large Italian Cohort (March 5, 2014)
From National AIDS Treatment Advocacy Project
 CD4+ Cell Count Rejection: A Top HIV Clinical Development of 2013 (December 8, 2013)
In HIV JournalView, from TheBodyPRO.com
- Monitoring Every 6 Months Is Adequate for People With Stable HIV Suppression (October 8, 2013)
From HIVandHepatitis.com
 CD4 Cell Count at Presentation: A Figure With a Depressingly Small Upward Slope (October 7, 2013)
From Journal Watch
On TheBodyPRO.com
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