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Mortality risk in older people on antiretroviral therapy

Mortality risk in older people on antiretroviral therapy
Mortality risk in older people on antiretroviral therapy
The report by Morna Cornell and colleagues1 in The Lancet HIV on the effect of age on mortality in a large South African antiretroviral treatment (ART) programme emphasises three issues for health-care delivery: ageing of the population of people with HIV who are receiving therapy, possibly poor immunological response to ART in older people, and delayed HIV diagnosis and treatment initiation in older people
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Mutevedzi, P.C.
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Newell, M.L.
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Mutevedzi, P.C.
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Newell, M.L.
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Mutevedzi, P.C. and Newell, M.L. (2015) Mortality risk in older people on antiretroviral therapy. The Lancet, 1-2. (doi:10.1016/S2352-3018(15)00132-0).

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The report by Morna Cornell and colleagues1 in The Lancet HIV on the effect of age on mortality in a large South African antiretroviral treatment (ART) programme emphasises three issues for health-care delivery: ageing of the population of people with HIV who are receiving therapy, possibly poor immunological response to ART in older people, and delayed HIV diagnosis and treatment initiation in older people

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Published date: 3 August 2015
Organisations: Faculty of Medicine

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Local EPrints ID: 379991
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/379991
ISSN: 0140-6736
PURE UUID: 2f4bad06-411c-4d71-ac3c-849ea8a63d12
ORCID for M.L. Newell: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1074-7699

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Date deposited: 28 Aug 2015 08:04
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:47

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Author: P.C. Mutevedzi
Author: M.L. Newell ORCID iD

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