HIV-infection and air pollution as emerging cardiovascular risk factors in the Cape Town region: Are changes in the retinal microvasculature a biomarker of effect? Hasselt University
Background: According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the leading global risk for mortality is high blood pressure and is responsible for 13% of deaths, whilst HIV/AIDS was reported as the world's sixth largest cause of death in 2004 (World Health Organisation, 2009). The introduction of HAART has not only modified the pathology of the HIV disease but has also increased the life expectancy of patients (Skowyra et al., 2012). However, the ...