HIV/AIDS

Studies from K.G. Murugavel and colleagues yield new information about HIV/AIDS

Published in AIDS Weekly, May 25th, 2009

According to recent research from Madras, India, "Estimation of CD4+ T-lymphocytes continues to be an important aspect for monitoring HIV disease progression and response to antiretroviral therapy. Most of the diagnostic laboratories often rely on western text books for CD4+ T-lymphocyte reference values, which could, often be unreliable for usage in local settings."

"Therefore, we attempted to establish the reference values for T-lymphocyte subsets among healthy adults in a cross-sectional study carried out at the YRG Centre for AIDS Research and Education (YRG CARE) in Chennai, south India, in 213 (84 female and 129 male) healthy, HIV-1/2 seronegative adults as...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2009-05-25)

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