Background. In recent years, treatment options for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection have changed from nonboosted protease inhibitors (Pis) to nonnucleoside reverse-transcriptase ...

Background. Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-ininfected Ethiopians have lower CD4 T cell counts than do other populations in Africa and industrialized countries. We studied whether this ...

Objective:To predict the effects of a new antiretroviral agent on the costs of care in a US HIV care setting. Methods: Recent data on costs of patient care by CD4 count from 2 US cohorts (the HIV ...

HIV positive patients who take combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) to combat HIV infection could see the numbers of CD4 cells in their immune system rise to concentrations found in HIV negative ...

Heterosexuals with HIV have lower CD4 counts at diagnosis than their gay and bisexual male peers, according to an analysis of more than 300,000 people living with HIV globally. "It was quite a ...

HIV viruses infecting T-lymphocytes, computer illustration. The surface of the T-cell has a lumpy appearance with large irregular surface protrusions. Smaller spherical structures on the cell surface ...

HIV-infected individuals with a low CD4 count experienced a longer duration of influenza virus shedding, according to findings published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases. “Prolonged shedding of ...

No difference in stroke risk for HIV-positive patients Those with HIV and high CD4 cell counts had no excess risk for ischemic stroke compared with those without HIV. In a 15-year study, risk for ...

The rate of fatal non–AIDS-defining cancers was 10 times lower in patients with CD4 counts >500 cells/mm 3 than in those with CD4 counts <50 cells/mm 3. Evidence is accumulating to indicate that lower ...