Cognitive health in persons with human immunodeficiency virus: the impact of early treatment, comorbidities, and aging

HL Aung, J Alagaratnam, P Chan… - The Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
HL Aung, J Alagaratnam, P Chan, FC Chow, J Joska, J Falutz, SL Letendre, W Lin…
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023academic.oup.com
With the advent of virally suppressive antiretroviral therapy (ART), life expectancy for
persons with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) with access to ART now approaches that
of the general population. As persons with HIV age, noninfectious comorbidities occur more
frequently compared with persons without HIV. Such comorbidities are likely to affect
cognitive health, which may also be affected by lifestyle factors that may differ in persons
with HIV. At the National Institutes of Health–supported meeting on Biotypes of Central …
With the advent of virally suppressive antiretroviral therapy (ART), life expectancy for persons with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) with access to ART now approaches that of the general population. As persons with HIV age, noninfectious comorbidities occur more frequently compared with persons without HIV. Such comorbidities are likely to affect cognitive health, which may also be affected by lifestyle factors that may differ in persons with HIV. At the National Institutes of Health–supported meeting on Biotypes of Central Nervous System (CNS) Complications in persons with HIV, a session was devoted to early HIV treatment, noninfectious comorbidities, and aging as each pertains to cognitive health. Areas of consideration included acute and early HIV infection (presentation by Phillip Chan), drugs of abuse (Scott Letendre), stroke and cerebrovascular disease (Felicia Chow), mental health (John Joska), and aging (Julian Falutz). These presentations were followed by a discussion session led by Woody Lin, Jose A. Muñoz-Moreno, Paola Cinque, and Jeff Taylor. Alan Winston and Bruce Brew chaired the meeting with Jasmini Alagaratnam and Htein Linn Aung acting as rapporteurs. Here we present the main topics covered in the presentations, and the associated discussions highlighting knowledge gaps and future directions.
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