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CD4 count measures the number of CD4 cells in a cubic millimeter of blood.

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Dr Mathai added: Normal values for CD4 cells are 500-1200 cells/mm3.

"Co-infections and HIV beget each other": Dr Dilip Mathai

The fluctuation in the CD4 count might be due to movement of the CD4 cells between blood and tissue.

Effect of anti-retroviral therapy on CD4+ T lymphocyte count in HIV infected patients attending Regional Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital, Manipur

But the Smartscope will itself be able to do a CD4 cell count - a measure of white blood cells, which determines when treatment starts.

Soon, smartphone that will test for AIDS in rural Africa

One hundred and fifty patients with immunologic AIDS (CD4 cell count <200 cells/[micro]l) who were not on anti-retroviral therapy were studied.

Screening for Cryptococcal antigenemia in anti-retroviral naive AIDS patients in Benin City, Nigeria

The study estimates that six months after infection, the CD4 cell count of a person infected with HIV in 2010 was likely to stabilise at a level approximately 150 cells below that of a person infected in the early 1980s.

Virulence of HIV has increased since first reports of AIDS

An HIV- positive individual is generally given drugs only after his/ her CD4 cell count falls below 350 or he/ she starts developing symptoms of the disease.

Cinnamon gives the zing to counter- HIV measures

With respect to CD4 cells, the percentage of time the conservation group spent with counts lower than 350 cells/[mm.sup.3] fell from 31% before the study was modified to 23% at the end of follow-up.

Interrupted HIV treatment has persistent risks

A group at Purdue University is working on a stripped-down instrument that would count only CD4 cells and rely on gravity to move certain parts.

Lifesaving tests; Device helps Third World fight AIDS

A two time-point assessment of the CD4 cells and viral load (baseline and exactly nine days after) revealed that the mean CD4 count of HIV positive patients with CD4 [less than or equal to] 200 cells/[micro]l at 9-day post-treatment visit was significantly lower than the baseline value (a decrease from 180 cells/[micro]l to 120 cells/[micro]l).

CD4 count, viral load and parasite density of HIV positive individuals undergoing malaria treatment with dihydroartemisinin in Benin City, Edo state, Nigeria

Low CD4 cells in mums means greater risk of illness and death in their HIV-negative babies.

Low CD4 count in mothers means greater risk for HIV-negative babies

AIDS is characterized by the death of CD4 cells (an important part of the body's immune system), which leaves the body vulnerable to life-threatening conditions such as infections and cancers.