The objective of this study was to establish the contribution that severe malnutrition makes to CD4 lymphopenia in HIV-infected and uninfected children and to determine the changes in CD4 count during nutritional rehabilitation.
Immunobiology Unit, and Centre for International Health and Development, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford St, London, United Kingdom, WC1N 1EH. s.hughes@ich.ucl.ac.uk