Causes of death in adults living with HIV in South Africa: A single-centre postmortem study
VS on ART appeared to reduce risk of death from specific pathologies. However, infections, multi-organ failure, non-AIDS-defining malignancies, and metabolic diseases remain important CODs. Incomplete immune reconstitution appears to be a key contributor to premature death.
Authors
- Monique Nijhuis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6610-8282)
- Maria Antonia Papathanasopoulos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-0950)
- Alistair Calver (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5809-5717)
- François Venter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4157-732X)
- Nadia Sabet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9402-0974)
- Adriaan Erasmus Basson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7541-8132)
- Lucas E. Hermans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8741-5852)
- Annemarie M. J. Wensing (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3790-8891)
- Tanvier Omar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7636-7616)
- Gajendra Chita (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7295-9490)
- Neil Alexander Martinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0184-5705)
- Ebrahim Variava (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2888-789X)
Institutions
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- University Medical Center Utrecht (NL)
- Perinatal HIV Research Unit (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine
- Published
- 2025-05-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhivmed.v26i1.1673
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.26