Medically reviewed by Steffini Stalos, DO Key Takeaways CD4 T helper cells help the body fight infections by signaling other ...

The drug had minimal effect on the low CD4-cell counts of immunologic nonresponders. Most HIV-infected patients with adequate virologic suppression on antiretroviral therapy (ART) will eventually ...

A 45-year-old active substance user began getting medical care in your clinic in 1997. He had started taking antiretrovirals (nelfinavir + Combivir) at another facility. Initial labs showed an ...

HIV viruses infecting T-lymphocytes, computer illustration. The surface of the T-cell has a lumpy appearance with large irregular surface protrusions. Smaller spherical structures on the cell surface ...

People who are HIV positive, but whose level of the virus in their body is so low that blood tests can’t detect it, are not at significantly higher risk of contracting coronavirus, according to an HIV ...

Long-term antiretroviral therapy helps people with HIV reduce the risk of pneumonia and shingles by strengthening the immune ...

AIDS drug cocktails may be able to restore the ravaged immune systems of some people infected with HIV, researchers reported on Wednesday. Immune cells known as CD4 T-cells returned to normal levels ...

HIV-infected individuals with a low CD4 count experienced a longer duration of influenza virus shedding, according to findings published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases. “Prolonged shedding of ...

Background. Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-ininfected Ethiopians have lower CD4 T cell counts than do other populations in Africa and industrialized countries. We studied whether this ...

In patients with rheumatoid arthritis, a repeated decrease of CD4+ T-cell counts was found during the course of multiple cycles of rituximab treatment, according to study results. Researchers from ...