Prioritizing CD4 count monitoring in response to ART in resource-constrained settings: a retrospective application of prediction-based classification

• Main Authors: Azzoni, Livio, Foulkes, Andrea S., Liu, Yan, Johnson, Margaret, Smith, Collette, Kamarulzaman, Adeeba, Montaner, Julio, Mounzer, Karam, Saag, Michael, Cahn, Pedro, Cesar, Carina, Krolewiecki, Alejandro, Sanne, Ian, Montaner, Luis J.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2012
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/9596/1/00000544_85598.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/9596/; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001207
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Background: Global programs of anti-HIV treatment depend on sustained laboratory capacity to assess treatment initiation thresholds and treatment response over time. Currently, there is no valid alternative to CD4 count testing for monitoring immunologic responses to treatment, but laboratory cost...