The Continuing Value of CD4 Cell Count Monitoring for Differential HIV Care and Surveillance.

JMIR Public Health Surveill

Faculty of Public Health and Policy, Public Health, Environments and Society, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.

Published: March 2019

The move toward universal provision of antiretroviral therapy and the expansion of HIV viral load monitoring call into question the ongoing value of CD4 cell count testing and monitoring. We highlight the role CD4 monitoring continues to have in guiding clinical decisions and measuring and evaluating the epidemiology of HIV. To end the HIV/AIDS epidemic, we require strategic information, which includes CD4 cell counts, to make informed clinical decisions and effectively monitor key surveillance indicators.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6446153PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/11136DOI Listing

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