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Aging and HIV Infection

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With the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in mid-1995, the prognosis for HIV-infected individuals has brightened dramatically. However, the conjunction of potent antiviral therapy and longer life expectancy may engender a variety of health risks that, heretofore, HIV specialists have not had to confront. The long-term effects of HIV infection itself and exposure to antiretroviral agents is unknown. Several aspects of aging, including psychiatric disease, neurocognitive impairment, and metabolic and hormonal disorders, may be influenced by chronic exposure to HIV and/or HIV therapeutics. In this paper, we discuss the health issues confronting HIV-infected older adults and areas for future research.

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Data in this manuscript were collected by the Women’s Interagency HIV Study (WIHS) Collaborative Study Group with centers (Principal Investigators) at New York City/Bronx Consortium (Kathryn Anastos); Brooklyn, NY (Howard Minkoff); Washington DC Metropolitan Consortium (Mary Young); The Connie Wofsy Study Consortium of Northern California (Ruth Greenblatt); Los Angeles County/Southern California Consortium (Alexandra Levine); Chicago Consortium (Mardge Cohen); Data Coordinating Center (Stephen Gange). The WIHS is funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases with supplemental funding from the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (UO1-AI-35004, UO1-AI-31834, UO1-AI-34994, UO1-AI-34989, UO1-AI-34993, and UO1-AI-42590). Data were also included from the Natural History of HIV Infection in Intravenous Drug Users (R01DA04347–PI Ellie E Schoenbaum), Natural History of Menopause in HIV-Infected Drug Users (R01DA0135–PI Ellie E Schoenbaum), Atherosclerosis, Bone Loss, Drug Use, and HIV in Older Men (R01DA014998–PI Robert S Klein) all funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Funding is also provided by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (UO1-CH-32632) the National Center for Research Resources (MO1-RR-00071, MO1-RR-00079, MO1-RR-00083).

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Dr. Klein and Dr. Schoenbaun are with the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine and The AIDS Research Program, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY; Dr. Anastos is with the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY; Dr. Minkoff is with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY; Dr. Sacks is with the Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY.

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Kohli, R., Klein, R.S., Schoenbaum, E.E. et al. Aging and HIV Infection. JURH 83, 31–42 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-005-9005-6

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