The way researchers assess and identify HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders is not fit for purpose, a viewpoint article in Clinical Infectious Diseases suggests. Studies typically find that around half of people with HIV meet the criteria for a disorder, which does not fit with the modern clinical experience that relatively few people living with HIV have cognitive impairment affecting their daily lives.
The authors argue that future reports of cognitive impairment should focus on people with symptoms and more clearly describe the contribution of HIV brain disease. Any new criteria need to be appropriate for use in diverse settings, say the group of experts from universities in South Africa, Sweden, Zambia, the United States and the United Kingdom.
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