Comparison of a new, affordable flow cytometric method and the manual magnetic bead technique for CD4 T-lymphocyte counting in a northern Nigerian setting.
Imade, Godwin E;
Badung, Bitrus;
Pam, Sunday;
Agbaji, Oche;
Egah, Daniel;
Sagay, Atiene S;
Sankalé, Jean-Louis;
Kapiga, Saidi;
Idoko, John;
Kanki, Phyllis;
(2005)
Comparison of a new, affordable flow cytometric method and the manual magnetic bead technique for CD4 T-lymphocyte counting in a northern Nigerian setting.
Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology, 12 (1).
pp. 224-227.
ISSN 1071-412X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/CDLI.12.1.224-227.2005
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We compared two techniques for CD4 T-lymphocyte counting: flow cytometry (Cyflow) and magnetic beads (Dynabead). Similar results with good correlation were obtained from the 40 adult blood samples counted (P=0.057, r=0.93). The Cyflow technique is more precise and cost-effective than the Dynabead method ($3 to $5 versus $12 to $22 per test, respectively), since as many as 200 samples can be measured per day.
