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Cognitive decline in virally suppressed people with HIV followed a similar trend and speed as in people without HIV as they aged, while people with HIV who failed to achieve or maintain stable viral suppression experienced a steeper age-related decline in cognition, report Dr James Kennedy and colleagues in a large long-term study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.
The most significant conclusion of the study is that achieving viral suppression seems to normalise the age-related rate of change in cognitive function and brain volume in people with HIV compared to people without HIV, whereas in people who fail to maintain undetectable viral load despite therapy, both aspects may suffer and their decline may accelerate.
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Source : aidsmap
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