What Is the CD4:CD8 Ratio Test Used For? CD4 and CD8 are two types of white blood cells in your blood. White blood cells help your body fight infections. If you have HIV infection, your doctor may use ...
Research in Mozambique has found that the introduction of rapid point-of-care CD4 testing* almost halved the number of patients who dropped out before starting antiretroviral therapy (ART), and nearly ...
A cheaper laboratory test that helps guide anti-retroviral drug treatment for people with HIV/AIDS may be just as effective as a more sophisticated test, a group of international researchers has found ...
A new point-of-care test to measure CD4 T-cells, the prime indicator of HIV disease progression, can expedite the process leading from HIV diagnosis to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and improve ...
SEATTLE — Patients who initiate ART without pretherapy CD4 monitoring experience a higher risk for early mortality than those who are tested, study data presented at CROI suggest. “We think that it’s ...