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Lifespand with HIV
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By:
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circledmoon
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Mood:
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Other
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Date:
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Mar 11, 2010
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Music:
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None
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In
response
to
Derekey's
recent
poll
question
regarding
lifespan
living
with
HIV,
some
info
from this
year’s
Conference
on
Retroviruses
and
Opportunistic
Infections
(CROI)
in
San
Francisco
Feb.
16-19:
The
good
news
is
(men
with
CD4's
>500):
you're
going
to
live!
The
bad
news:
you're
going
to
live!
-
Men
living
with
HIV
maintaining
CD4
counts
above
500
cells
for
at
least
three
years
while
on
ARV
therapy
can
anticipate
a
lifespan
similar
to
that
seen
among
their
HIV-negative
peers,
according
to
a
large
European
mega-cohort
study.
More
sobering
findings
were
documented
among
HIV-positive
women:
Mortality
rates,
even
among
those
responding
well
to
ARV
therapy,
were
still
lower
compared
with
HIV-negative
women.
What
follows
are
some
of
the
more
significant,
immediately
relevant,
research
findings
shared
at
the
17th
CROI.
For
an
even
more
complete
list
of
our
coverage—video
interviews
are
still
being
added—check
out
our
conference
page
or
the
official
retrovirus
conference
site.
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