AIDS patients should get antiretrovirals earlier says study

Published: 26-May-2009

A study funded by the UK Medical Research Council has concluded that HIV-1 infected patients should receive combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) earlier than at present.


A study funded by the UK Medical Research Council has concluded that HIV-1 infected patients should receive combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) earlier than at present.

Delaying combination therapy until a CD4 cell count of 251-350 cells per µL rather than 351-450 cells led to an additional 28% of patients developing AIDS and dying said the paper, published in The Lancet.

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