Article
Influence of HLA-B*5701 on 20 year survival rate among patients living with HIV.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2021
Aksak-Wąs Bogusz Jan, Parczewski Miłosz, Urbańska Anna, Hackiewicz Małgorzata, Kowalska Justyna D
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The life expectancy of people living with HIV (PLWH) remains shorter than that of the general population, despite significant improvement in the recent years. Mortality in HIV-infected individuals may be associated with a higher viral load at of diagnosis, a lower CD4 count, or clinical variables such as sex or route of transmission. This article investigated the role of the HLA-B*5701 varian on...
Topics
- Humans
- HIV Infections
- Male
- Female
- HLA-B Antigens
- Adult
- Middle Aged
- Viral Load
- CD4 Lymphocyte Count
- Survival Rate
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Alleles
