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Patient with HTLV will have normal CD4 cell count
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Patient with HTLV will presented with hypercalcemia , lytic bone lesion and rash (vs multiple myelomaโno rash)
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submitted by โwaitingonprometric(264)
There is a UWORLD question that tests this same concept.
Essentially, HIV-1 is the form of HIV that is most common in the US, but there is another strain of the virus, HIV-2, that is endemic to West Africa.
Hence, our patient from the Ivory Coast who has a positive ELISA for HIV, a very low CD4 count, but also a very low HIV-1 viral load detected. His symptoms are caused by HIV-2.