Published in AIDS Weekly, May 22nd, 2006
Study 1: HAART initiation after severe immunosuppression has occurred is detrimental for the restoration of the CD4+ cell counts in vertically infected children.
"Several studies of children with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 infection have demonstrated sustained increases in CD4+ cell count, even when virological failure has occurred after receipt of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), but these studies were of limited duration. Moreover, the CD4+ cell count threshold at which antiretroviral treatment should be initiated is still unsettled. The aim of...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2006-05-22)
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