High Transmitter CD4+ T-Cell Count Shortly after the Time of Transmission in a Study of African Serodiscordant Couples.

2013 WHO guidelines recommend starting ART at CD4+ T-cell counts ≤500 cells/μL. We present the T-cell counts from adult Africans with HIV shortly following transmission to their sexual partners.HIV-discordant couples in Zambia, Uganda and Rwanda were followed prospectively and received couples couns...

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Main Authors: Etienne Karita, Matt A Price, Shabir Lakhi, William Kilembe, Anatoli Kamali, Eugene Ruzagira, Eric Hunter, Paul Farmer, Susan Allen, Gwynn Stevens, Paramesh Chetty, Sabrina Welsh, Annie Yang, Jill Gilmour, Pat Fast, IAVI Africa HIV Prevention Partnership
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4546189?pdf=render