CD 4 + T-cell count may not be a useful strategy to monitor antiretroviral therapy response in HTLV-1 / HIV co-infected patients

1Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI), University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. 2College of Health Sciences, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. 3Gonçalo Moniz Research Center, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. 4Center for Infectious Disease and Microbiology Translational Research, University of Minnesota, MN, USA. 5Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), University of KwaZuluNatal, South Africa.