Open AccessAbsolute Lymphocyte Count as a Surrogate Marker of CD4 Count in Monitoring HIV Infected Individuals: A Prospective Study
Author(s) -
Preeti Balkisanji Agrawal,
Sharda Raju Rane,
Meenal Vitthal Jadhav
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/19263.7765
Subject(s) - surrogate endpoint , medicine , receiver operating characteristic , lymphocyte , immunology , prospective cohort study , predictive marker , predictive value , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , absolute neutrophil count , viral load , gastroenterology , toxicity , cancer , neutropenia
CD4 cell count has been proposed to be substituted by Absolute lymphocyte count in monitoring HIV infected individuals as methods of CD4 cell count and plasma viral estimation require expensive, specialized equipments and highly trained personnel.