International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 157-160 , March 2007

Monitoring antiretroviral therapy in HIV/AIDS patients in resource-limited settings: CD4 counts or total lymphocyte counts?

  • Dora Mbanya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Haematology, Faculty of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, BP 8046, Yaoundé, Cameroon
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +237 231 52 35; fax: +237 231 40 39.
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  • Felix Assah

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, UK
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  • Nicaise Ndembi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Haematology, Faculty of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, BP 8046, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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  • Lazare Kaptue

      Affiliations

    • Department of Haematology, Faculty of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, BP 8046, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Received 11 September 2005 ,Revised 18 January 2006 ,Accepted 1 February 2006.

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☆ Presented as “Correlation between total lymphocyte counts and CD4 counts in HIV-1 positive adults in Yaoundé”, XIV International AIDS Conference, Barcelona, Spain, July 7–12, 2002; Abstract No. MoPeB3099.

PII: S1201-9712(06)00064-6

doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2006.02.008

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 157-160 , March 2007

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