Your body and the way that it fights infections using the immune system—CD4 cells and CD4 tests and what they mean—How the CD4 count is used to monitor HIV infection
Treatment training for advocates
1 Immune system and CD4 count
23 July 2011
- 1.1-1.2 Introduction and aims
- 1.3 Definition of AIDS (SIDA)
- 1.4 Basic organs of the body
- 1.5 How the immune system works (before HIV infection)
- 1.6 How HIV interacts with the immune system
- 1.7 CD4 count as a surrogate marker
- 1.8 How quickly does HIV progress in different people?
- 1.9 Interpreting CD4 results: CD4 count and CD4 percentage
- 1.10 Differences between adults and children
- 1.11 Different stages of infection
- 1.12 CD4 count cut-offs and the risks of opportunistic infections (OIs)
- 1.13 Use of CD4 count for starting therapy