Open AccessQuantification of CD4 Responses to Combined Antiretroviral Therapy Over 5 Years Among HIV-Infected Children in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Author(s) -
Andrew Edmonds,
Marcel Yotebieng,
Jean Lusiama,
Yori Matumona,
Faustin Kitetele,
David Nku,
Sonia Napravnik,
Stephen R. Cole,
Annelies Van Rie,
Frieda Behets
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0b013e31825bd9b7
Subject(s) - antiretroviral therapy , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , democracy , medicine , environmental health , pediatrics , virology , political science , viral load , politics , law
The long-term effects of combined antiretroviral therapy (cART) on CD4 percentage in HIV-infected children are incompletely understood, with evidence from resource-deprived areas particularly scarce even though most children with HIV live in such settings. We sought to describe this relationship.