Baseline plasma viral load and CD4 cell percentage predict survival in HIV-1- and HIV-2-infected women in a community-based cohort in The Gambia. - Concepedia

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Baseline plasma viral load and CD4 cell percentage predict survival in HIV-1- and HIV-2-infected women in a community-based cohort in The Gambia.

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2005

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Andreas Hansmann, Maarten F. Schim van der Loeff, Steve Kaye, Akum Aveika Awasana, Ramu Sarge‐Njie, Diarmuid O’Donovan, Koya Ariyoshi, Abraham Alabi, Paul Milligan, Hilton Whittle

Abstract

Survival of HIV-1-infected women in The Gambia is similar to that in industrialized countries before the introduction of antiretroviral treatment. Survival of HIV-2-infected women is much better. However, women with high PVLs die as quickly as their HIV-1-infected counterparts.