Effect of antiretroviral therapy initiation time and baseline CD4+ cell counts on AIDS-related mortality among former plasma donors in China: a 21-year retrospective cohort study.

Yongli Yang Yang LiXuening ZhangWeiping ZhangYanmin MaXiaocan JiaTheodore GondweYuping WangXuezhong Shi

Published in: Global health action (2021)

Our results demonstrate that patients with high CD4+ cell counts and late ART had a 9% higher risk of AIDS-related death than those with low CD4+ cell counts and early ART. This study confirms the great significance of immediate ART initiation among former plasma donor HIV patients in China.

Keyphrases

antiretroviral therapy
hiv infected
hiv positive
human immunodeficiency virus
hiv aids
hiv infected patients
single cell
cell therapy
end stage renal disease
peripheral blood
chronic kidney disease
stem cells
ejection fraction
type diabetes
nk cells
risk factors
hiv testing
drug induced