Thanks for the nice words.<\/p>\n
A partial technical explanation about fast\/slow progression can be found at the following links: http:\/\/www.griv.org\/publi\/17.pdf and http:\/\/www.aegis.com\/aidsline\/1995\/nov\/M95B0397.html Nobody can give a comprehensive explanation until now though. Further research is necessary in that direction.<\/p>\n
As for exact definition, the terms are used fairly freely. Usually we accept that somebody is a fast progressor if he\/she gets to a CD4 below 200 within a year-2-3 from the point of infection. With the new guidelines and starting treatment at 350 this terminology may very well change.<\/p>\n
As for the number of tests, perhaps 3-4 consecutive tests within a year period will show the trend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What makes someone a fast progressor? How do you define this? How many CD4 checks do you need before you have enough to establish if your a fast progressor?<\/p>\n
Once again I must also take this chance to say thank you for continuing to provide such a wonderful collection of information for everyone and the amazing knowledge and kind understanding that you show people always. You are amazing people. Thank you so much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9,26,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-cd4-and-viral-load","category-living-with-hiv-long-term","category-other-tests"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}