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ReviewThe Indian journal of medical research2011

Current practices in laboratory monitoring of HIV infection.

Madhu Vajpayee, Teena Mohan

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Review in The Indian journal of medical research, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Q3: A Compact Device for Quick, High Precision qPCR.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018
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  5. Association of Metabolic Syndrome and Oxidative DNA Damage in HIV/AIDS Patients.Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB · 2018
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  7. The immunostimulatory and antimicrobial property of two herbal decoctions used in the management of HIV/AIDS in Ghana.African journal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicines : AJTCAM · 2014
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  11. Protein carbonyl content: a novel biomarker for aging in HIV/AIDS patients.The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Madhu VajpayeeNational HIV Reference Center & Integrated Counseling & Testing Center, Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. mvajpayee@hotmail.com
Teena Mohan

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

After a diagnosis of HIV infection is made, the patient needs to be monitored using both clinical assessment and laboratory markers. HIV/AIDS monitoring is essential in guiding when to recommend initiation of therapy. Clinical monitoring will include staging of the HIV/AIDS disease using either the presence or absence of HIV-related signs and symptoms using the WHO staging system. Various laboratory methods can be used to monitor the disease progression and to guide whether the patient will need antiretroviral therapy or not. Laboratory monitoring for patients who are not on drugs is done to provide information about the stage of illness; to enable the clinician to make decisions on treatment and to give information on prognosis of the patient. Patients on drugs are monitored to assess their response to treatment with antiretroviral drugs and to detect any possible toxicity and improvement associated with the antiretroviral drugs.

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Developed CountriesAge FactorsAntiretroviral Therapy, Highly ActiveBiomarkersCD4-CD8 RatioDisease ProgressionFemaleFlow CytometryHIV-1HIV InfectionsHumansMalePrognosisQuality Assurance, Health CareReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionSex FactorsBiomarkers

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PMID22310815
PMCPMC3284091

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