HIV/AIDS Topics People with Well-Controlled HIV Can Match Lifespan of HIV Negatives
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- Category: HIV Treatment
- Published on Wednesday, 19 June 2013 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
People with HIV who are able to achieve good viral suppression and CD4 cell recovery on antiretroviral therapy (ART) have a mortality rate similar to that of uninfected people in the general population, according to results from the large SMART and ESPRIT studies, published in the March 27, 2013 issue of AIDS.
Younger People with HIV Are Missing Out in the Continuum of Care
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- Category: HIV Treatment
- Published on Wednesday, 19 June 2013 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Young people with HIV are less likely to access and benefit from HIV care and treatment at all levels of the "care cascade" from testing to starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) to achieving viral suppression, according to findings reported in the June 17, 2013, advance edition of JAMA Internal Medicine. Overall, only about 25% of HIV positive people achieved undetectable viral load.
Only 1 in 5 Medicaid Users Linked to Care Within a Year After HIV Diagnosis
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- Category: HIV Treatment
- Published on Wednesday, 06 February 2013 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Only about 20% of adult Medicaid recipients who tested positive for HIV during the past decade began receiving appropriate care -- including CDC T-cell count and viral load monitoring -- within a year of diagnosis, and the rate did not improve much within 5 years, according to an analysis described in the January 2013 issue of Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
Even Small Viral Load Reduction Is Beneficial for People with Highly Resistant HIV
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- Category: HIV Treatment
- Published on Friday, 15 February 2013 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) can help raise CD4 T-cell counts even if it does not produce undetectable HIV RNA due to extensive drug resistance, indicating that treatment likely has immunological benefits even for people with few therapeutic options, according to a report in the March 1, 2013 Journal of Infectious Diseases.
Poor CD4 Cell Recovery on ART Predicts Non-AIDS Death
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- Category: HIV Treatment
- Published on Tuesday, 08 January 2013 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
People with HIV who have poor CD4 T-cell recovery despite viral suppression on antiretroviral therapy (ART) have a higher risk of death due to non-AIDS-related causes, but so do their parents, suggesting a genetic factor may be involved in T-cell regeneration, according to a Danish study described in the November 28, 2012, advance online edition of AIDS.
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