End-Stage Renal Disease Among HIV-Infected Adults in North America

2014170 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Alison G. Abraham · Johns Hopkins University

K. N. Althoff · Johns Hopkins University

Yuezhou Jing · Johns Hopkins University

Michelle M. Estrella · Johns Hopkins University

M. M. Kitahata · University of Washington

C. William Wester · Vanderbilt University

R. J. Bosch · Harvard University

Abstract

The risk of ESRD remains high among HIV-infected individuals in care but is declining with improvements in virologic suppression. HIV-infected black persons continue to comprise the majority of cases, as a result of higher viral loads, comorbidities, and genetic susceptibility.

Topics & Keywords

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volume 60, Issue 6, pp. 941-949

DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu919

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