Background Analysis of peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets has become an essential tool
in the evaluation of outcome of diagnostic and research related questions in immunological …

Abstract Though T-cell immunosenescence is a major risk factor for age-related diseases,
susceptibility to infections, and responses to vaccines, differences in T-cell subset counts …

Background Interpretation of laboratory test results with appropriate diagnostic accuracy
requires reference or cutoff values. This study is a comprehensive determination of …

Recent iPrEx clinical trial results provided evidence that systemic preexposure prophylaxis
(PrEP) with emtricitabine (FTC) and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) can partially prevent …

Background The Nigerian Antiretroviral therapy (ART) program started in 2004 and now
ranks among the largest in Africa. However, nationally representative data on outcomes …

Background Clinical laboratory reference values from North American and European
populations are currently used in most Africans countries due to the absence of locally …

Existing normative flow cytometry data have several limitations including small sample sizes,
incompletely described study populations, variable flow cytometry methodology, and limited …

Objectives Hematologic abnormalities, indicated by a deranged full blood count, are
common manifestations and important prognostic tools for human immunodeficiency virus …

Background. CD4 count measures the degree of immunosuppression in HIV‐positive
patients. It is also used in deciding when to commence therapy, in staging the disease, and …

Background Little is known about the variability of CD4 counts in the general population of
sub-Saharan Africa countries affected by the HIV epidemic. We investigated factors …