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September 19, 2025International Journal of Medicine and Health DevelopmentOpen Access

Assessment of Platelet Counts and Use of Thrombocytopenia to Predict Low CD4 Count in Anti-retroviral Therapy (ART)-Naive HIV-Positive Children in Enugu, Nigeria

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JOJude T OnyiaPCPaschal ChimeJCJosephat M. Chinawa

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Overview

Prospective observational study assesses the link between thrombocytopenia and CD4 counts in HIV-positive children, indicating low predictive value.

Key Points

  • Thrombocytopenia prevalence is similar in HIV-positive children, regardless of CD4 count.
  • No significant association found between age and thrombocytopenia in the participant group.
  • Thrombocytopenia does not predict CD4 count effectively, suggesting it’s not a reliable criterion for ART initiation.
  • Study involved 200 ART-naive HIV-positive children at a teaching hospital for data collection and analysis.

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Onyia et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d435e4713b0b5dfea75abdhttps://doi.org/10.4103/ijmh.ijmh_83_24
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