title: [AIDS - an old disease with new challenges].
abstract: Due to highly effective anti-retroviral therapy the mortality rate from AIDS has been significantly reduced and HIV infection has became a chronic rather than a terminal disease. In Israel there are more than 5,631 people known to be HIV positive. The increased life expectancy of HIV-infected persons leads to an increase in HIV prevalence among older adults. Both HIV infection and anti-retroviral therapy exacerbate diseases that occur in older people, including cardiovascular, neurologicaL and renal diseases, as well as diabetes and osteoporosis. Caring for HIV-infected patients with other chronic diseases is challenging and requires a muLtidisciplinary approach. .
authors.affiliation: Clinical Immunology, Allergy and AIDS Center, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel, affiliated to the Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel. Sthoeger@gmail.com
authors.forename: Zev
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sthoeger
authors.forename: Keren
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mahlab-Guri
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D000328:Adult; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active / Q000379:methods; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D015897:Comorbidity; D019468:Disease Management; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008297:Male; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010348:Patient Care Team; D015995:Prevalence
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents