%0 Journal Article
%T Immunological evaluation of human immunedeficiency virus infected individuals by flow cytometry
%A Neves Jr I
%A Morgado MG
%J Mem¨®rias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
%D 2000
%I Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Minist¨¦rio da Sa¨²de
%X Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection heavily compromises the immune system. The decrease of the T cell CD4+ subset along the evolution to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome has been considered as a hallmark of HIV infection. In this paper we review some aspects of the immunopathology of HIV infection and discuss the importance of the flow cytometry for the evaluation of the T lymphocyte subsets in the follow-up of HIV infected children and adults, and for the monitoring of the immune reconstitution upon antiretroviral therapy.
%K human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome(HIV/Aids)
%K T lymphocyte subsets
%K flow cytometry
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762000000300016