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Suggested guidelines for initiating antiviral therapy of patients with HIV-2 infection
| Disease stage |
Recommendation | |
|---|---|---|
| Clinical | CD4 count | |
| AIDS | Any CD4 count | Start ART |
| Symptomatic or asymptomatic | ≤200 CD4 cells/μL | Start ART |
| >200 and ≤350 CD4 cells/μL | Consider ARTa | |
| >350 CD4 cells/μL | Defer ART | |
When plasma viral load is high (e.g. >10 000 copies/mL), there is more reason to start ART than when plasma viral load is low. ART, antiviral therapy.
