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The missed potential of CD4 and viral load testing to improve clinical outcomes for people living with HIV in lower-resource settings.
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37 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Viral load monitoring for people living with HIV in the era of test and treat: progress made and challenges ahead - a systematic review.BMC public health · 2022Pooled it
- Point-of-care CD4 testing: Differentiated care for the most vulnerable.Journal of global health · 2022Trial
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- #KnowMyViralLoad: how community-led demand creation holds a key to routine viral load testing scale-up in Africa.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Trends in frequency of HIV viral load and CD4 cell count monitoring among Asian cohort of adults with HIV: an analysis of the TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database, 2003-2018.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Accuracy and Acceptability of the VISITECT CD4 Advanced Disease Test Compared With the PIMA CD4 Test at the Point of Care as Part of the Advanced HIV Disease Care Package: A Mixed-Methods Study.Open forum infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Evaluating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on viral load and CD4 monitoring for people living with HIV on ART in rural Lesotho.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Clinical impact and cost-effectiveness of the WHO-recommended advanced HIV disease package of care.The Lancet. Global health · 2025Article
- Standard of care in advanced HIV disease: review of HIV treatment guidelines in sub-Saharan African countries-an extension study of eight countries.AIDS research and therapy · 2025Article
- Disrupted HIV care during COVID-19 pandemic associated with increased disabilities among people living with HIV in Belize.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Characteristics and six-month viral load suppression of clients presenting with advanced HIV disease in South Africa.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Examining and classifying reasons for missing viral loads among adults living with HIV: An extended outcome investigation and ascertainment approach in Western Kenya.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
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- Screening for cryptococcal antigenemia and meningeal cryptococcosis, genetic characterization of Cryptococcus neoformans in asymptomatic patients with advanced HIV disease in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Viral load suppression and HIV-1 drug resistance mutations in persons with HIV on TLD/TAFED in Zambia.PloS one · 2024Article
- A Community-Based, Mobile Electronic Medical Record System App for High-Quality, Integrated Antiretroviral Therapy in Lilongwe, Malawi: Design Process and Pilot Implementation.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- Risk indicators for oral ulcers among people living with HIV during the first wave of the pandemic: a cross sectional study.BMC oral health · 2023Article
- Point of Care CD4 Testing in National Household Surveys - Results and Quality Indicators from Eleven Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment (PHIA) Surveys.Microbiology spectrum · 2023Article
- Assessment of HIV viral load monitoring in remote settings in Vietnam - comparing people who inject drugs to the other patients.PloS one · 2023Article
- Exosome and virus infection.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Review
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Abstract
In a Policy Forum, Peter Ehrenkranz and colleagues discuss the contribution of CD4 and viral load testing to outcomes for people with HIV in low- and middle-income countries.
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