Reliable and Accurate CD4+ T Cell Count and Percent by the Portable Flow Cytometer CyFlow MiniPOC and “CD4 Easy Count Kit-Dry”, as Revealed by the Comparison with the Gold Standard Dual Platform Technology

Milena Nasi; Sara De Biasi; Elena Bianchini; Lara Gibellini; Marcello Pinti; Tiziana Scacchetti; Tommaso Trenti; Vanni Borghi; Cristina Mussini; Andrea Cossarizza

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0116848

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Reliable and Accurate CD4+ T Cell Count and Percent by the Portable Flow Cytometer CyFlow MiniPOC and “CD4 Easy Count Kit-Dry”, as Revealed by the Comparison with the Gold Standard Dual Platform Technology

Milena Nasi,

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Medicine, Dentistry and Morphological Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia School of Medicine, via Campi 287, 41125 Modena, Italy
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Sara De Biasi,

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Medicine, Dentistry and Morphological Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia School of Medicine, via Campi 287, 41125 Modena, Italy
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Elena Bianchini,

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Medicine, Dentistry and Morphological Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia School of Medicine, via Campi 287, 41125 Modena, Italy
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Lara Gibellini,

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Medicine, Dentistry and Morphological Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia School of Medicine, via Campi 287, 41125 Modena, Italy
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Marcello Pinti,

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Medicine, Dentistry and Morphological Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia School of Medicine, via Campi 287, 41125 Modena, Italy
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Tiziana Scacchetti,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pathology, BLU Laboratory, Nuovo Ospedale Civile Sant’Agostino Estense—NOCSAE, Baggiovara, Modena, Italy
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Tommaso Trenti,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pathology, BLU Laboratory, Nuovo Ospedale Civile Sant’Agostino Estense—NOCSAE, Baggiovara, Modena, Italy
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Vanni Borghi,

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Clinics, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico, via del Pozzo 71, 41124 Modena, Italy
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Cristina Mussini,

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Medicine, Dentistry and Morphological Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia School of Medicine, via Campi 287, 41125 Modena, Italy, Infectious Diseases Clinics, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico, via del Pozzo 71, 41124 Modena, Italy
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Andrea Cossarizza

* E-mail: andrea.cossarizza@unimore.it

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Medicine, Dentistry and Morphological Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia School of Medicine, via Campi 287, 41125 Modena, Italy
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Reliable and Accurate CD4+ T Cell Count and Percent by the Portable Flow Cytometer CyFlow MiniPOC and “CD4 Easy Count Kit-Dry”, as Revealed by the Comparison with the Gold Standard Dual Platform Technology

Milena Nasi,
Sara De Biasi,
Elena Bianchini,
Lara Gibellini,
Marcello Pinti,
Tiziana Scacchetti,
Tommaso Trenti,
Vanni Borghi,
Cristina Mussini,
Andrea Cossarizza

Published: January 26, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116848

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