HIV Infection in the Elderly: Arising Challenges
Globally there is an increase in the number of people living with HIV at an advanced age (50 years and above). This is mainly due to prolonged survival following the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy. Living with HIV at an advanced age has been shown to be associated with a number of chall...
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| description | Globally there is an increase in the number of people living with HIV at an advanced age (50 years and above). This is mainly due to prolonged survival following the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy. Living with HIV at an advanced age has been shown to be associated with a number of challenges, both clinical and immunological. This minireview aims at discussing the challenges encountered by elderly HIV-infected patients. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4412b1b7c0084227a7e5c8d813e2bfce2025-08-20T03:36:06ZengWileyJournal of Aging Research2090-22042090-22122016-01-01201610.1155/2016/24048572404857HIV Infection in the Elderly: Arising ChallengesBonaventura C. T. Mpondo0Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, The University of Dodoma, Dodoma, TanzaniaGlobally there is an increase in the number of people living with HIV at an advanced age (50 years and above). This is mainly due to prolonged survival following the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy. Living with HIV at an advanced age has been shown to be associated with a number of challenges, both clinical and immunological. This minireview aims at discussing the challenges encountered by elderly HIV-infected patients.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2404857 |
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