HIV and Aging — Preparing for the Challenges Ahead
Authors:
- Till BärnighausenTBTill Bärnighausen
- Joel NeginJNJoel Negin
- 5 April 2012
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 366 (14) , 1270-1273
Abstract
By 2015, half of HIV-infected U.S. patients will be older than 50 years of age. As antiretroviral therapy coverage expands globally, the aging of the epidemic will be mirrored in developing countries. Yet the world is unprepared to deal with an aging population with HIV.Keywords
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