Effects of CD4 Cell Counts and Viral Load Testing on Mortality Rates in Patients With HIV Infection Receiving Antiretroviral Treatment: An Observational Cohort Study in Rural Southwest China | Zendy

Zhiyong Shen | Zendy; Qiuying Zhu | Zendy; Zhenzhu Tang | Zendy; Stephen W. Pan | Zendy; Heng Zhang | Zendy; He Jiang | Zendy; Yi Chen | Zendy; Guanghua Lan | Zendy; Hui Xing | Zendy; Lingjie Liao | Zendy; Yi Feng | Zendy; Yuhua Ruan | Zendy; Yiming Shao | Zendy

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Effects of CD4 Cell Counts and Viral Load Testing on Mortality Rates in Patients With HIV Infection Receiving Antiretroviral Treatment: An Observational Cohort Study in Rural Southwest China

Author(s) -

Zhiyong Shen,

Qiuying Zhu,

Zhenzhu Tang,

Stephen W. Pan,

Heng Zhang,

He Jiang,

Yi Chen,

Guanghua Lan,

Hui Xing,

Lingjie Liao,

Yi Feng,

Yuhua Ruan,

Yiming Shao

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciw146

Subject(s) - medicine , viral load , mortality rate , cohort , antiretroviral therapy , cohort study , antiretroviral treatment , proportional hazards model , observational study , immunology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)

Recent studies have suggested that CD4 cell count monitoring has little added value in patients who are virologically suppressed and immunologically stable if viral load (VL) testing is routinely available. These conclusions have not been directly assessed using mortality rate as a study end point in a real-world setting.

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