"Temporal Trends of Initial CD4 Cell Counts Following Human Immunodeficiency Virus Seroconversion in Italy, 1985-1992."

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in American Journal of Epidemiology, "To determine whether initial CD4 cell counts after human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seroconversion have decreased over calendar time among participants in the Italian Seroconversion Study. HIV seroconverters who between 1985 and 1992 had a documented negative serology followed by a positive serology within 12 months and a first CD4 cell measurement within 24 months of seroconversion (defined as midpoint of negative and positive HIV tests) were cross-tabulated by year of seroconversion. Linear regression methods were used to examine temporal trends in initial CD4 level after adjustment for...

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