Authors/Creators
Enoch Odame Anto, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Christian Obirikorang
Emmanuel Acheampong
Bright Amankwaa
Bright Oppong Afranie
Sampson Donkor
Isaac Hope
Juliana Jommo
Esther Osaah
Abstract
We evaluated the individual and combined levels of urine dipstick and total lymphocyte count (TLC) as surrogate markers for CD4 count in a low-resource community in Ghana. This cross-sectional study recruited 200 HIV-infected patients from the Saint Francis Xavier Hospital, Assin Fosu, Ghana. Complete blood count, CD4 count, and urine dipstick analysis were measured for participants. The threshold values were determined as/
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of Publication
1-1-2018
ISSN
1875-8630
Volume
2018
PubMed ID
29606987
Publication Title
Disease Markers
Publisher
Hindawi Limited
School
School of Medical and Health Sciences
RAS ID
29510
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
First Page
7485942
Last Page
7485942
Comments
Anto, E. O., Obirikorang, C., Acheampong, E., Amankwaa, B., Afranie, B. O., Donkor, S., ... & Osaah, E. (2018). Evaluation of Individual and Combined Markers of Urine Dipstick Parameters and Total Lymphocyte Count as a Substitute for CD4 Count in Low-Resource Communities in Ghana. Disease markers, 2018. Available here