By Ethan Covey
Older age and HIV status independently affect an individual’s immune system. Yet, there is no evidence that HIV infection and advancing age together accelerate changes in age-related T-cell markers, according to a new study.
“Using a large cohort of virally suppressed HIV-infected individuals and demographically matched uninfected individuals over a broad range of ages, this paper aimed to explore whether HIV, in the setting of optimal viral suppression,