CD4 and coinfection: The evaluation of CD4+ T-cell count of helminth/HIV co-infection treated versus HIV-positive helminths un-infected Pre-ART study participants indicated that antihelminthic treated individuals relatively demonstrated higher level of improvement of CD4+ T-cell count than helminth uninfected Pre-ART individuals after antihelminthic therapy (p < 0.005 vs. p > 0.05).