Predictive value of p24 antigen in HIV disease. (Research Report)

AUTHORS: D. Hasheeve, P. Salvato, C. Thompson, S. Stroud, B. Knight and E. Carroll. Houston Immunological Institute, Houston, Texas.

According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the VIII International Conference on AIDS, held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, July 19-24, 1992, "Objective: To determine if disease progression or survival in HIV disease was related to p24 antigen status. Methods: The sample consisted of 100 HIV seropositive patients who were followed over a 14-month period. Patients ranged from asymptomatic HIV positive to full-blown AIDS. Disease progression was defined in two ways: 1) change in CD4 count from a higher to a lower CD4 group …