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09/21/2004:

"Ugandan Scientists Develop Cheaper Aids Test Method"

Ugandan scientists at the Mulago referral hospital have developed a cheaper and faster method of determining when an HIV/Aids patient can be put on antiretroviral (ARV) treatment, the drug combination that inhibits the replication of HIV.

During a research study carried out on 200 patients last year, the doctors found that patients with a total lymphocyte count (TLC) of 1,600 cells per cubic millimetre of blood needed to be put on ARVs.

Full Article : nationmedia.com