A review found that CD4/CD8 ratio could be used as a prognostic marker for mortality in patients with HIV, though future studies need to be done to confirm these findings. Clinical practices can ...

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 ...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a germ that causes a lifelong infection that slowly weakens the immune system. Though the infection is lifelong, medicines can keep the virus in check and help ...

*Adjusted model includes: age, sex, race/ethnicity, year of diagnosis, Deyo comorbidity index, smoking, alcohol abuse, time-dependent treatment, and organization. † Hazard ratios significant at a ...

Four decades into the AIDS epidemic, HIV-1 has infected an estimated 84 million people worldwide and caused the death of ~40 million. This retrovirus is transmitted human to human via infected body ...

Among women with HIV infection, both lower CD4 counts and higher HIV RNA viral load were associated with higher incidence rates of moderate and severe cervical dysplasia, carcinoma in situ, and ...