Open AccessCognitive Impairment in Zambians With HIV Infection and Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Author(s) -
Knut Hestad,
Jonathan Chinyama,
Me J. Anitha,
Mary Shilalukey Ngoma,
J. Allen McCutchan,
Donald Franklin,
Robert K. Heaton
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0000000000001880
Subject(s) - medicine , neurocognitive , tuberculosis , immunology , viral load , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , coinfection , neuropsychology , psychiatry , cognition , pathology
HIV infection may result in neurocognitive deficits, but the effects of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB+), a common comorbid condition in HIV infection, on cognition in HIV infections are unknown. Accordingly, we examined the effects of TB+, on neurocognitive functioning in HIV-infected (HIV+) Zambian adults.