Just under half (44.6%) of participants in a Spanish cohort of people living with HIV between 2004 and 2018 were late presenters, according to a recent study published in PLoS ONE.
Another study of the same cohort, published in AIDS, found that HIV treatment is less effective at improving immune response but equally as effective at suppressing viral load when people start treatment after their immune system is already weakened by HIV. Choice of treatment may influence rates of viral suppression and treatment stoppage due to adverse side effects among this group.
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Source : Aidsmap
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