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An Affordable HIV-1 Drug Resistance Monitoring Method for Resource Limited Settings
Published on: March 30, 2014
スイスのHIVコホート研究 (SHCS) とスイス一般人口の死亡率
Christian Jaggy1, Jan von Overbeck, Bruno Ledergerber
1Swiss Re, Zurich, Switzerland.
Lancet (London, England)
|September 19, 2003
まとめ
C型肝炎の併感染なし,HIV-1感染を治療した患者は,一般の人々と同等の死亡率を示しています. これは,がんの生存者と同様に,生命保険を受ける資格があることを示唆しています.
科学分野:
- 医学 医学 医学 医学 医学
- エピデミオロジー エピデミオロジー
- 公共衛生は公衆衛生である.
背景:
- 歴史的に見て,ヒト免疫不全ウイルス1型 (HIV-1) 感染症に関連する高い死亡率は,患者の生命保険取得を妨げています.
- 最近の治療の進歩は,HIV-1感染者の予後を大幅に変えました.
研究 の 目的:
- スイスのHIV-1患者における現在の死亡率を評価する.
- これらの割合をスイスの一般人口と比較するために.
- 生命保険の適格性への影響を評価する.
主な方法:
- 1997年から2001年にかけてのスイスHIVコホート研究 (SHCS) のデータを活用した.
- HIV-1患者の死亡率とスイスの基準人口を比較した.
主要な成果:
- ヒト免疫不全ウイルス1型 (HIV-1) 感染が治療に成功した患者と,同時にC型肝炎ウイルス (HCV) 感染のない患者の場合,過剰死亡率は年間千人当たり5人未満でした.
- これらの過剰死亡率は,がんの治療に成功した患者で観察されたものと同等である.
結論:
- HCV共感染のないHIV-1患者の治療に成功した患者は,一般の人々と同様の死亡リスクを示します.
- 現在のリスクプロファイルは,これらの個人が生命保険から除外されるべきではないことを示唆しています.
- この発見は,HIV-1の時代遅れの死亡率データに基づく過去の承諾慣行に異議を唱える.
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