Death Toll From AIDS-Defining Opportunistic Infections Has Fallen Dramatically Since Early Days Of The Epidemic.

“The death toll from AIDS-defining opportunistic infections has fallen dramatically since the early days of the epidemic,” according to research published online in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. Nevertheless, “despite advances in therapy, only about 65% of patients survive more than five years after they have an AIDS-defining illness,” the study found. Still, “that’s a dramatic improvement on the 7% observed before drug therapy for HIV existed and the 18% seen in the era of mono- and dual-therapy,” researchers found. http://www.medpagetoday.com/HIVAIDS/HIVAIDS/51981