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CD4 cells are the most important cells in the immune system. A type of test called a CD4 count tells you how many CD4 cells there are in a small sample of blood. The more there are the better. Decisions about when to start treatment are often based on the CD4 count.

Testing & health monitoring

For Our Stable HIV Patients, Why Are We Still Sending All These Lab Tests So Often?

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NEJM Journal Watch
29 January 2019
Opportunistic infections

Back to the future with CD4 testing: Improving HIV care in low- and middle-income countries

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Science Daily
16 January 2019
Hepatitis C symptoms & diagnosis

Temporary Decline in CD4 T-Cell Count After Hepatitis C Infection in PLWHIV

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Infectious Disease Advisor
9 January 2019
Low CD4 count

‘Left behind’: Drug companies and researchers have overlooked patients who don’t respond to HIV meds

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STAT
8 January 2019
CD4 count

CD4 count recovery: French study reaffirms why it is important to test and treat HIV early

News
3 December 2018
CD4 count

Low CD4 count in patients with HIV prolongs influenza viral shedding

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Healio itj+ (requires free registration)
11 June 2018
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Issue Brief: Suboptimal Immune Recovery on Antiretroviral Therapy

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TAG
6 March 2018
Access to healthcare

Study finds more than half of patients worldwide don’t access HIV treatment until immune systems are severely compromised

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Science Speaks
2 February 2018
Starting treatment

Baseline CD4 count biggest factor in long-term immune system improvements after starting HIV therapy

News
14 December 2017
HIV treatment for children & young people

HIV-positive children in resource-limited settings can achieve good virological outcomes without routine viral load or CD4 cell count monitoring

News
27 November 2017
Epidemiology & behaviour

HIV diagnoses in the UK fell in gay men last year for the first time since the mid-1990s, Public Health England confirms

News
3 October 2017
Exercise

Marathon training is safe for people with HIV

News
21 September 2017
Retention & linkage to care

Point-of-care CD4 counts improve linkage to HIV care in Kenya

News
6 June 2017
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Life expectancy now near-normal in people with CD4 counts over 350 a year after starting therapy

News
15 May 2017
Viral load

People taking ART in the UK have an accurate understanding of their viral load

News
16 January 2017
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Less frequent CD4 and viral load monitoring safe for people doing well on ART

News
13 June 2016
Epidemiology

UK maintains the largest HIV epidemic in western Europe

News
15 December 2015
Access to healthcare

IAS 2015: While “game-changing,” START trial draws “line in the sand” and sets “time a’ ticking” to stop preventable illnesses and death, calls for action are accompanied by questions of impact of inequities, obstacles

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Science Speaks
21 July 2015
Starting treatment

Gender difference in vital cell count of HIV patients

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Science Daily
10 June 2015
CD4 count

Annual CD4 count monitoring may be sufficient for people doing well on HIV treatment

News
15 April 2015
How HIV works

Researchers may have caught HIV becoming more virulent

News
19 February 2015
Epidemiology

No improvements in CD4 count at diagnosis in African patients in last decade

News
4 February 2015
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Starting HIV treatment early and then interrupting is no better than delaying it

News
22 January 2015
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

HIV has become more virulent over time, not less, European study finds

News
10 December 2014