Document 0583
 DOCN  M94A0583
 TI    Implications of the 1993 revised AIDS case definition on a Victorian
       population of HIV infected individuals.
 DT    9412
 AU    Greenhalgh A; Stewart T; Hoy J; Crowe S; Macfarlane Burnet Centre for
       Medical Research, Fairfield,; Victoria.
 SO    Annu Conf Australas Soc HIV Med. 1993 Oct 28-30;5:95 (poster no. 40).
       Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ASHM5/94349072
 AB    Effective from January 1, 1993, the US Centre for Disease Control (CDC),
       expanded the AIDS case definition to include all adults and adolescents
       infected with HIV with either an absolute number of peripheral CD4+ T
       cells < 200/microliters or percent CD4+ T cells < 14, or both. Applying
       the revised AIDS case definition, our data demonstrate an increase in
       the proportion of HIV infected individuals classified as having AIDS,
       and in many instances, a significant reduction in the time to an AIDS
       diagnosis. Using a relatively small control population we have also
       attempted to quantify the variation inherent in measurement of CD4+ T
       cell values within peripheral blood, to highlight the implications for
       the laboratory should the revised AIDS case definition be adopted in
       Australia.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/CLASSIFICATION/*DIAGNOSIS/
       EPIDEMIOLOGY/IMMUNOLOGY  Adolescence  Adult  Centers for Disease Control
       and Prevention (U.S.)  Cross-Sectional Studies  Female  Human  Incidence
       *Leukocyte Count  Male  T4 Lymphocytes/*IMMUNOLOGY  United States
       Victoria/EPIDEMIOLOGY  MEETING ABSTRACT

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