Is HIV a model of accelerated or accentuated aging?

S Pathai, H Bajillan, AL Landay… - Journals of Gerontology …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background. Antiretroviral therapy has reduced the incidence of adverse events and early
mortality in HIV-infected persons. Despite these benefits, important comorbidities that …

Growing older with HIV/AIDS: new public health challenges

S Cahill, R Valadéz - American journal of public health, 2013 - ajph.aphapublications.org
At present, the health care infrastructure is ill-equipped to handle the unique treatment and
care needs of HIV-positive older adults. The long-term effects of antiretroviral use are still …

Frailty as a novel predictor of mortality and hospitalization in individuals of all ages undergoing hemodialysis

MA McAdams‐DeMarco, A Law… - Journal of the …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To quantify the prevalence of frailty in adults of all ages undergoing chronic
hemodialysis, its relationship to comorbidity and disability, and its association with adverse …

Loneliness and HIV-related stigma explain depression among older HIV-positive adults

C Grov, SA Golub, JT Parsons, M Brennan, SE Karpiak - AIDS care, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Advances in the treatment of HIV have resulted in a large growing population of older adults
with HIV. These aging adults face added social, psychological, and physical challenges …

[PDF][PDF] HIV infection in older adults in sub-Saharan Africa: extrapolating prevalence from existing data

J Negin, RG Cumming - Bulletin of the World Health …, 2010 - SciELO Public Health
OBJECTIVE: To quantify the number of cases and prevalence of human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) infection among older adults in sub-Saharan Africa. METHODS: We reviewed …

Age at cancer diagnosis among persons with AIDS in the United States

MS Shiels, RM Pfeiffer, EA Engels - Annals of internal medicine, 2010 - acpjournals.org
Background: Studies have reported young ages at cancer diagnosis in HIV-infected persons
and have suggested that HIV accelerates carcinogenesis. However, these comparisons did …

Doenças sexualmente transmissíveis em idosos: uma revisão sistemática

J Dornelas Neto, AS Nakamura… - Ciência & Saúde …, 2015 - SciELO Public Health
O prolongamento da vida sexual, somado a práticas inseguras, tem refletido na
possibilidade de ocorrência de DST em idosos. O objetivo é analisar a tendência evolutiva …

Large age shifts in HIV-1 incidence patterns in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A Akullian, A Vandormael, JC Miller… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Recent declines in adult HIV-1 incidence have followed the large-scale expansion of
antiretroviral therapy and primary HIV prevention across high-burden communities of sub …

The intersectionality of stigmas among key populations of older adults affected by HIV: a thematic analysis

M Johnson Shen, R Freeman, S Karpiak… - Clinical …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: The present study examined the intersectionality of stigma across varying groups
of older persons living with HIV (PWH). Methods: Four focus groups of older PWH …

[PDF][PDF] Vitamin D deficiency in HIV infection: an underestimated and undertreated epidemic

MR Pinzone, M Di Rosa, M Malaguarnera… - Eur Rev Med …, 2013 - academia.edu
Hypovitaminosis D is a very common disorder, regarding both Western and developing
countries. A growing amount of data over the last years have shown vitamin D deficiency to …