Open AccessThe relative prognostic value of plasma HIV RNA levels and CD4 lymphocyte counts in advanced HIV infection
Author(s) -
Alessandro Cozzi Lepri,
Terese L. Katzenstein,
Henrik Ullum,
Andrew Phillips,
Peter Skinhøj,
Jan Gerstoft,
Bente Klarlund Pedersen
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.195
H-Index - 216
eISSN - 1473-5571
pISSN - 0269-9370
DOI - 10.1097/00002030-199813000-00011
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , lymphocyte , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , sida , lentivirus , prospective cohort study , viral load , gastroenterology , cohort study , cohort , viral disease , confidence interval
It has been suggested that the plasma HIV RNA level is a better predictor of AIDS and death than the CD4 lymphocyte count. We assessed whether the prognostic value of plasma virus levels was different according to the CD4 count.