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CD4+ levels related to AIDS or death than latest viral load levels in patients on HAART

Published in AIDS Weekly, November 21st, 2005

The latest CD4+ levels are more strongly related to AIDS or death than the latest viral load levels in patients on HAART.

According to recent research published in the journal HIV Clinical Trials, "The comparative prognostic importance of latest plasma HIV RNA levels (viral loads) and CD4+ cell counts among patients prescribed highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has not been well characterized.

"We assessed the prognostic value of latest CD4+ cell counts and latest viral loads for progression to AIDS or death and explored their interaction among 432 HIV-infected persons with advanced HIV who were prescribed a protease inhibitor (PI)...

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