November 16, 2009 (Cologne, Germany) — New data from the Italian Cohort of Antiretroviral Naïve Patients (ICONA) study reveal that 61% of newly diagnosed HIV-infected patients in Italy have CD4 counts ...

Heterosexuals with HIV have lower CD4 counts at diagnosis than their gay and bisexual male peers, according to an analysis of more than 300,000 people living with HIV globally. "It was quite a ...

National Institutes of Health researchers shared new details about idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia (ICL), a rare immune deficiency that leaves people vulnerable to infectious diseases, autoimmune ...

Alcohol being poured into a glass Excessive alcohol consumption does not impact the decline of CD4 cell count in patients with HIV who have not undergone antiretroviral treatments. Unhealthy alcohol ...

CD4+ T cells, or helper T cells, are one type of lymphocyte that helps coordinate the immune response against infection and disease. They interact and activate other cells in the immune system. The ...