Immune Activation in HIV-Infected Aging Women on Antiretrovirals—Implications for Age-Associated Comorbidities: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study

Maria L. Alcaide; Anita Parmigiani; Suresh Pallikkuth; Margaret Roach; Riccardo Freguja; Marina Della Negra; Hector Bolivar; Margaret A. Fischl; Savita Pahwa

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063804

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Immune Activation in HIV-Infected Aging Women on Antiretrovirals—Implications for Age-Associated Comorbidities: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study

Maria L. Alcaide ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Maria L. Alcaide, Anita Parmigiani

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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Anita Parmigiani ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Maria L. Alcaide, Anita Parmigiani

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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Suresh Pallikkuth,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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Margaret Roach,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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Riccardo Freguja,

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, Section of Oncology and Immunology, Unit of Viral Oncology and AIDS Reference Centre, University of Padua, Italy
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Marina Della Negra,

Affiliation Instituto de Infectologia Emílio Ribas, São Paulo, Brazil
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Hector Bolivar,

Affiliation AIDS Clinical Research Unit, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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Margaret A. Fischl,

Affiliation AIDS Clinical Research Unit, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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Savita Pahwa

* E-mail: Spahwa@med.miami.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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Immune Activation in HIV-Infected Aging Women on Antiretrovirals—Implications for Age-Associated Comorbidities: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study

Maria L. Alcaide,
Anita Parmigiani,
Suresh Pallikkuth,
Margaret Roach,
Riccardo Freguja,
Marina Della Negra,
Hector Bolivar,
Margaret A. Fischl,
Savita Pahwa

Published: May 28, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063804

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