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 ...

The Value of CD4 Point-of-Care Testing Does Point-of-Care CD4 Testing Improve Patient Retention in Care? Is Point-of-Care CD4 Testing Ready for Prime Time? References Lack of adequate laboratory ...

At presentation, all children living with HIV younger than five years should be considered as having advanced HIV disease ...

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 ...

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 new CD4 testing system, the BD FACSPresto Near Patient CD4 Counter system (BD Biosciences), enables patients to monitor their HIV/AIDS, potentially reducing the probability of transmitting the ...

Implementation of point-of-care CD4 testing across four clinics in the Republic of Mozambique allowed rapid, onsite CD4 staging after enrollment. This led to decreased opportunities for pretreatment ...

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The Value of CD4 Point-of-Care Testing Does Point-of-Care CD4 Testing Improve Patient Retention in Care? Is Point-of-Care CD4 Testing Ready for Prime Time? References Is Point-of-Care CD4 Testing ...

Routine use of point-of-care CD4 testing at the time of HIV diagnosis would be cost effective in countries where health care and other resources are severely limited, experts say. A new point-of-care ...