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Session 101  Poster Abstracts
Special Considerations in Laboratory Studies for Children
Wednesday, 1-4 pm
Room: Hall A
      608

Evaluation of Relationship between CD4 and Total Lymphocyte Count in Children with HIV
Jason Brophy*, E Atenafu, S Read, D Stephens, J Beyene, and A Bitnun
Hosp for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
      609 Utility of Total Lymphocyte Count as a Surrogate Marker for CD4 Cell Count in HIV-infected Children
Leah Githinji*1, D Mbori-Ngacha2, and E Obimbo1
1Univ of Nairobi, Kenya and 2CDC, Atlanta, GA, US
      610

Discordance between Absolute CD4+ T Lymphocyte Count and CD4+ T Lymphocyte Percentage among HIV+ Children in Botswana
Elizabeth Lowenthal*1,2, H Jibril1,3,4, H Draper2, M Marape1,2, M McGrann1,2, M Sechele1, O Rankopo1, B Kgathi1, R Sello1, and G Anabwani1,2
1Botswana Baylor Children`s Clinical Ctr of Excellence, Gaborone; 2Baylor Intl Pediatric AIDS Initiative, Houston, TX, US; 3Botswana Ministry of Hlth; and 4Princess Marina Hosp, Gaborone, Botswana
      611

Normal Laboratory Reference Values for Ugandan and Malawian Infants: A Comparison with the DAIDS Toxicity Tables
Irene Lubega*1, M Fowler1, A Elbireer1, D Bagenda1, G Kafulafula2, J Ko3, L Mipando4, M Mubiru1, N Kumwenda3, and T Taha3
1Makerere Univ Johns Hopkins Univ Res Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda; 2Coll of Med, Univ of Malawi; 3Johns Hopkins Univ Bloomberg Sch of Publ Hlth, Baltimore, MD, US; and 4Johns Hopkins-Malawi Coll of Med Res Project