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HIV, Aging, and Viral Coinfections: Taking the Long View
Tamar H Taddei1,2, Vincent Lo Re3,4, Amy C Justice5,6,7,8
1Section of Digestive Diseases, VA Connecticut-Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA.
Abstract:
Viral suppression of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) with combination antiviral therapy (cART) has led to increasing longevity but has not enabled a complete return to health among aging HIV-infected individuals (HIV+). Viral coinfections are prevalent in the HIV+ host and are implicated in cancer, liver disease, and accelerated aging. We must move beyond a simplistic notion of HIV becoming a "chronic controllable illness" and develop an understanding of how viral suppression alters the natural history of HIV infection, especially at the intersection of HIV with other common viral coinfections in the context of an altered, aging immune system.
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