Cytometry Part B (Clinical Cytometry) Highlights

Key articles published on HIV monitoring:

2008 Supplement:

The Global Health and Diagnostic (Flow) Cytometry: Breakthrough in HIV and Tuberculosis.  Guest Editors Prof. George Janossy, Dr. Frank Mandy, Dr. Maurice R.G. O’Gorman.  Cytometry Part B (Clinical Cytometry) 74B; S1-S164: 2008.

2009 November Issue: 

From Research Tool to Routine Test: CD38 Monitoring in HIV Patients.   Coetzee LM, Tay SS, Lawrie D, Jannosy G, and Glencross DK.  Cytometry Part B (Clinical Cytometry) 76B;375–384:2009. 

2010 January Issue: 

Clinical evaluation of a simple image cytometer for CD4 enumeration on HIV-infected patients.  Li X, Breukers C, Ymeti A, Pattanapanyasat K, Sukapirom K, Terstappen LWMM, Greve J.

Cytometry Part B (Clinical Cytometry) 78B;31–36:2010.

2010 May Issue: 

Translational medicine as implementation science in the field of monitoring HIV and TB. New concepts emanating from resource-poor countries.  Editorial by J Gratama and F Mandy.  Cytometry Part B (Clinical Cytometry) 78B;183–187:2010.

Evaluation of a dry format reagent alternative for CD4 T-cell enumeration for the FACSCount system: A report on a Moroccan-Canadian study.  Bergeron M, Ding T, Elharti E, Oumzil H, Soucy N, Harmouche H, Chaouch S, EL Aouad R, Chabot C, Mandy F.  Cytometry Part B (Clinical Cytometry) 78B;188–193:2010.

Comparison of interlaboratory variation in absolute T-cell counts by single-platform and optimized dual-platform methods.  Hultin LE, Chow M, Jamieson BD, O'Gorman MRG, Menendez FA, Borowski L, Denny TN, Margolick JB.  Cytometry Part B (Clinical Cytometry) 78B;194–200:2010.

A model for continuous quality control incorporating sample-to-sample assessment of optical alignment, fluorescence sensitivity, and volumetric operation of flow cytometers.  Lawrie D, Coetzee LM, Glencross DK.  Cytometry Part B (Clinical Cytometry) 78B;201–210:2010.