Immunologic and Virological Profile of Older Adult Patients Infected by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus starting Treatment in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Abstract

Methods: Twenty-seven subjects over the age of 50 years diagnosed with HIV Type 1 by serology in 3 treatment centers in Kinshasa during the period from 08 November 2013 to 14 February 2014 participated voluntarily in this work. After signing informed consent, blood samples were collected in 5 ml tubes with EDTA. The CD4 count and Viral Load (VL) were performed in each patient at the inclusion (D0) in the Laboratory of Molecular Biology of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Kinshasa. The clinical and paraclinical parameters were recorded on the patient files previously designed for the work.