HIV appears to moderately increase the risk of death even in people with high CD4 count
Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 17:35
in Health & Medicine
New research published Online First by The Lancet suggests that HIV may increase the risk of death in people who have not taken antiretroviral treatment (ART) and have CD4 count greater than 350 cells per μL, but any such increase appears relatively modest. Because ART might reduce the risk of death in such patients, these findings support the need for continuing studies of the risks and benefits of starting ART at CD4 counts greater than 350 cells per μL. The Article is written by Rebecca Lodwick and Professor Andrew Phillips, HIV Epidemiology and Biostatistics Group, University College London Medical School, UK, and colleagues.