Impact of age on CD4 recovery and viral suppression over time among adults living with HIV who initiated antiretroviral therapy in the African Cohort Study.

Emmanuel BahemanaAllahna L EsberNicole DearKavitha GanesanAjay ParikhDomonique ReedLucas MagangaSamoel KhamadiMucho MizindukoAnange LwillaDorothy MkondooGwamaka MwaisangaNancy SomiJohn OwouthJonah MaswaiFrancis KiweewaMichael IroezinduJulie A AkeTrevor A CrowellVictor G ValcourChristina S Polyaknull null

Published in: AIDS research and therapy (2020)

This study found no difference in long-term CD4 recovery or viral suppression by age at ART initiation. We found that particularly among younger adults participants had lower median CD4 counts at ART initiation, suggesting the importance of identifying and putting this population on treatment earlier in the disease course.

Keyphrases

antiretroviral therapy
hiv infected
sars cov
human immunodeficiency virus
nk cells
hiv infected patients
hiv positive
peripheral blood
hepatitis c virus