Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of HIV
A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2022) | Viewed by 3567
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The availability of modern antiretroviral agents has reshaped the care of people living with HIV (PLWH). Today, the undetectability of the plasma viral load in people compliant with antiretroviral treatment (ART) has become something relatively common. Thanks to the efficacy of modern molecules, we can now focus on the long-term outcome in the clinical care of PLWH.
The recent SARS-CoV2 pandemic and the increasing age of the PLWH population represent two of the most significant aspects of the modern scenario in HIV care. During the pandemic, difficulties in assuring the continuum of care and retention in care have led to the introduction of new modalities for the clinical follow-up and management of PLWH. These novelties represent a tremendous opportunity to strengthen long-term retention in the care and treatment compliance of patients. Efficacious and long-lasting retention in care provides advantages for the possibility to prevent comorbidities in PLWH. All of this is particularly important in the context of an ageing population, who are thus more prone to risks linked to non-AIDS comorbidities, polypharmacy, and post-acute sequelae of COVID-19/long-COVID complications. This area of research will gain even more importance in the following years, as the ageing of the population and the incidence of long-COVID sequelae are likely to increase.
Given all of this, we are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue entitled “Improving the Care of People Living With HIV”. For this Special Issue, original research and reviews are welcome; particularly interesting clinical cases will also be considered for publication. Research areas may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Telemedicine and e-health in the management of PLWH;
- Integrated strategies for the early diagnosis and prevention of complications in PLWH;
- Diagnosis of COVID-19 sequelae in PLWH;
- Management of COVID-19 sequelae in PLWH;
- Screening for the prevention of non-AIDS comorbidities;
- Early diagnosis of non-AIDS comorbidities;
- Management of non-AIDS comorbidities;
- Polypharmacy in PLWH.
Dr. Eugenio Nelson Cavallari
Guest Editor
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