… CD4 count and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) load tests have long been a part of the
routine monitoring of … on the importance of monitoring CD4 count and viral load in resource-…

… The second study followed 141 stable patients with viral loads less than 50 copies/mL on
ART and CD4 count 350 cells per μL or greater for a median of 2·5 years: only 13 patients (9%) …

… adjusted life years (DALYs) averted), and cost per DALY averted of adding CD4 counts to
clinical monitoring and of adding viral load testing to CD4 counts and clinical monitoring. …

… routine viral loads or CD4 counts, or both, received these results on a quarterly basis. …
the efficacy of both routine CD4 cell count and viral load monitoring on clinical outcomes in a …

… A combined strategy in which LAB would only be used in patients starting ART with a
CD4 count of 200 cells per μL or fewer suggests that 0·120 life-years would be saved at an …

… use a CD4 count to determine if a patient should begin ART, and also to monitor the recovery
… is the measurement of HIV viral load in a patient, but this review will focus only on CD4 cell …

… We randomly assigned participants (1:1) to CLIN or LAB (counts of HIV viral load and CD4 …
The primary outcome was non-inferiority of CLIN to LAB in terms of increase in CD4 cell count …

… with use of viral load monitoring. We found little suggestion that monitoring of CD4 cell counts
results in improved survival compared with clinical monitoring. Although we focused on a …

… Our data suggest that CD4 count monitoring may lead to inappropriate delayed therapy …
a CD4 count decline and thus may be more likely to be switched to a second-line regimen. …

… -certified laboratory and is able to perform CD4 cell counts and viral load testing on site. …
from on-treatment peak value; and WHO immunologic failure criteria (fall of CD4 count to pre-…