CD4 count

CD4 cells are the most important cells in the immune system. A type of test called a CD4 count tells you how many CD4 cells there are in a small sample of blood. The more there are the better. Decisions about when to start treatment are often based on the CD4 count.

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  • Point-of-Care CD4 Testing in Resource-Limited Settings

    Is CD4 Testing Outside of the Laboratory Ready for Prime Time?

    10 October 2012 | Medscape (requires registration)

  • Cellphone HIV test studied

    South African and South Korean researchers are working on making a smartphone capable of doing Aids tests in rural parts of Africa that are the worst hit by the disease.

    03 September 2012 | iAfrica.com

  • PEPFAR Launches Labs For Life with Partners

    The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), led by the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator in the U.S. Department of State, and Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD), a leading global medical technology company, today announced Labs for Life, a new collaboration to help strengthen healthcare and laboratory systems in the developing world along with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

    27 July 2012 | US State Department

  • Second Edition of UNITAID Diagnostic Technology Landscape Report Published

    The second edition of the UNITAID Diagnostic Technology Landscape is now available online. First published in June 2011, the report has proven a critical tool for those interested in understanding the pipeline for HIV point-of-care diagnostics, including global health institutions, health care providers, investors, and developers. The 2012 edition represents UNITAID’s continued effort to map the landscape of existing and pipeline products and provides updated information on progress in the development of these important technologies.

    26 June 2012 | UNITAID

  • Low-cost Australian HIV test to reach poor

    A crucial new low-cost blood test for HIV sufferers in developing countries that could help 33 million people worldwide may be available later this year. The CD4 test, which gives on-the-spot results in 40 minutes, measures an individual's CD4 levels, which indicate whether HIV is progressing to AIDS.

    20 June 2012 | NineMSN

  • Predictive tool could cut HIV test costs

    A tool to monitor how HIV-positive patients respond to antiretroviral therapy (ART) could free up scarce personnel and laboratory resources in developing countries, according to an international team of researchers.

    08 May 2012 | SciDev Net

  • Uganda - Boost for people living with HIV in western Ugandan district

    People in Kabarole, western Uganda look set to see an improvement in HIV diagnosis, care and treatment due to the arrival of a new CD4 count machine.

    20 January 2012 | Key Correspondents

  • Rapid CD4 Testing Sharply Cuts HIV Patient Dropout Rate

    With the use of new rapid test kits -- which measure immune system health without having to send samples off site to laboratories and waiting for results -- researchers in Mozambique nearly doubled treatment enrollment and cut the number of patients lost almost in half.

    28 September 2011 | PBS Newshour

  • HIV diagnostic maker Daktari drums up $1.8 million

    The Cambridge, Mass.-based developer of a point-of-care CD4 test raised $1.8 million from 32 unnamed investors, according to SEC document.

    07 November 2010 | Mass Device
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