HIV/AIDS Monitoring Tests: CD4 (T-Cell) Tests
The Basics
- CD4 (T-Cell) Tests (March 29, 2012)
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From AIDS InfoNet
- FAQs About CD4 (T-Cell) Count (December 31, 2011)
From The Body's "Ask the Experts" Forums
- Diagnostic, Monitoring and Resistance Laboratory Tests for HIV (June 2010)
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From New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute
- Understanding CD4 Cells and CD4 Cell Tests (January 2010)
From The Well Project
- 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)
[Archived Article]
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In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
Research
- CROI 2012 Really Rapid Review -- With CROI 2013 Dates! (March 15, 2012)
From Journal Watch
- CD4 Quick Test Helps Increase Number of Patients Who Return for HIV Test Results (October 4, 2011)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
On TheBodyPRO.com
- HIV Point of Care Diagnostics Pipeline (September 2011)
In 2011 Pipeline Report, from Treatment Action Group and HIV i-Base
On TheBodyPRO.com
- Focusing on CD8: The "Other T Cell" in HIV Infection (March 14, 2011)
From amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research
On TheBodyPRO.com
- Reported CD4+ T-Lymphocyte Results for Adults and Adolescents With HIV Infection -- 37 States, 2005–2007 (March 2011)
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In HIV Surveillance Supplemental Report, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Overweight People With HIV See Lower CD4 Gain While on HIV Medications, Study Suggests (November 19, 2009)
An interview with Nancy Crum-Cianflone, M.D., M.P.H.
In HIV News & Views, from TheBody.com
- A Hint at Why Some People on HAART Experience a Falling CD4 Count (June 1, 2009)
From Journal Watch
- Study Confirms Importance of CD4 Increase, Undetectable Viral Load After Starting HAART (March 28, 2008)
From aidsmap.com
- HIV Viral Load Is Not Reliable Indicator for CD4+ T Cell Counts, Study Says (September 28, 2006)
[Archived Article]
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- To Start or Not to Start? CD4 Percentage May Provide Guidance (August 29, 2005)
[Archived Article]
Among people with a CD4 count above 350, HIV disease progression is found to be 3.6 times more likely for those with a CD4 percentage below 17%.
From aidsmap.com
- The Buzz: The Disconnect Syndrome -- A Controversial Dilemma (May/June 2002)
[Archived Article]
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
On TheBodyPRO.com
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