HIV viruses infecting T-lymphocytes, computer illustration. The surface of the T-cell has a lumpy appearance with large irregular surface protrusions. Smaller spherical structures on the cell surface ...

Monitoring of clinical events in patients on first line antiretroviral treatment (ART) in poor countries is almost as effective in terms of survival as using CD4 count or viral load measures at ...

In all likelihood, this patient was more adherent to her antiretroviral drug regimen during the period before January 2004 as compared with the period before January 2003. Otherwise, the improvements ...

Increasing the volume, strengthening the quality, and proactively using data of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) load testing are pivotal to limiting the threat of HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) ...

The decrease in CD4 cells during HIV infection seems to be driven by immune activation, which does not always correlate with viral load. Experienced clinicians are all too familiar with the ...

Faith, 23, is on the verge of despair after being unable to check her HIV viral load for the second time this year. “Since they drew blood to test the viral load in January, the next time I was to be ...

This analysis of Veterans Aging Cohort Study participants highlighted 2 factors that may predispose persons living with HIV to a higher risk of sudden cardiac death. The observational, longitudinal ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Background. Antiretroviral treatment (ART) has been massively scaled up to decrease human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–related morbidity, ...

CD4 tests is strongly recommended as the preferred method to identify advanced HIV disease among people living with HIV, said the World Health Organization (WHO). The new recommendation is part of the ...