Decreasing mortality and changing patterns of causes of death in the <scp>S</scp>wiss <scp>HIV C</scp>ohort <scp>S</scp>tudy - Concepedia

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Decreasing mortality and changing patterns of causes of death in the <scp>S</scp>wiss <scp>HIV C</scp>ohort <scp>S</scp>tudy

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2012

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Rainer Weber, M Ruppik, Martin Rickenbach, Adrian Spoerri, Hansjakob Furrer, Manuel Battegay, Matthias Cavassini, Alexandra Calmy, Enos Bernasconi, Patrick Schmid,

Abstract

Mortality in HIV-positive persons decreased to 1.33/100 PY in 2010. Hepatitis B or C virus coinfections increased the risk of death. Between 2005 and 2009, 84% of deaths were non-AIDS-related. Causes of deaths varied according to data source and coding system.

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