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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Published inJournal of Aging Research Vol. 2016; no. 2016; pp. 28 - 37
Main Author Mpondo, Bonaventura C. T.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Limiteds 2016
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Hindawi Limited
Subjects
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIDS
Antiretroviral drugs
Demographic aspects
Development and progression
Diseases
Elderly
Epidemiology
HIV
HIV infections
Human immunodeficiency virus
Mortality
Older people
Review
Risk factors
Tanzania
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Summary: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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Academic Editor: Arshad Jahangir
ISSN:2090-2212
2090-2204
2090-2212
DOI:10.1155/2016/2404857