Open AccessCD4+T Cell Count Decreases by Ethnicity among Untreated Patients with HIV Infection in South Africa and Switzerland
Author(s) -
Margaret May,
Robin Wood,
Landon Myer,
Patrick Taffé,
Andri Rauch,
Manuel Battegay,
Matthias Egger
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1086/648096
Subject(s) - ethnic group , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , medicine , demography , virology , immunology , anthropology , sociology
Estimates of the decrease in CD4(+) cell counts in untreated patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are important for patient care and public health. We analyzed CD4(+) cell count decreases in the Cape Town AIDS Cohort and the Swiss HIV Cohort Study.
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