HIV Monitoring Tests

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BBC News Examines Mobile Device For Monitoring HIV-Positive Patients (April 14, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Is My Treatment Regimen Working? (December 2008)
Part of HIV and Its Treatment: What You Should Know -- Health Information for Patients.
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From AIDSinfo
HIV Health Checklist (November 9, 2008)
A wellness check list with routine lab tests and vaccinations you should get.
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From AIDS InfoNet
What to Check Under the Hood (September/October 2007)
Some of the most important tests, and what they mean.
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
The 10-Point Inspection, HIV-Style: What to Check Under the Hood (Fall 2006)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Understanding CD4 Count, Viral Load, CBC Blood Count and Chem-Screen Tests (September/October 2004)
[Archived Article]
Brief explanations of the importance of each of these common lab tests for people with HIV.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
Monitoring Tests for People With HIV (Summer 2003)
[Archived Article]
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In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Looking Where the Light Is (May 2002)
[Archived Article]
Researchers continue to search for new, more accurate, more diverse assays to monitor HIV infection.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
Natural Course of HIV Infection Plus Antiretroviral Therapy (October 2001)
[Archived Article]
A general timeline of CD4+, CD8+ and viral load counts.
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In HEPP News, from Brown Medical School
Viral Load and T-Cell (CD4) Counts: Why They Matter (May 11, 2001)
[Archived Article]
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In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
Wellness Checklist (September/October 2008)
[Archived Article]
Important things to consider when you're HIV-positive.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network

Replication Capacity/Viral Fitness

HIV Replication Capacity and Treatment Decisions (November 2004)
[Archived Article]
What significance does the fitness of a person's virus have on HIV disease progression?.
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In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform

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