Introduction

• The population of older HIV-infected patients has greatly increased since the start of the HIV epidemic^{[CDC 1998; Muñoz 1997; CDC HIV Surveillance; CDC HIV Older Americans]}
  • In 2016, 17% of the newly reported 40,000 HIV infections in the United States were among persons 50 years of age or older
  • In 2014, nearly one half of Americans living with diagnosed HIV were 50 years of age or older^{[CDC HIV Older Americans]}
• These changes are due to improved survival and an increase in the average age at infection[...

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