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Heart disease is the next hurdle for HIV positive Africans surviving concurrent infections

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A study in Cameroon has shown that people infected with HIV must be tested for heart disease to stand a better chance of survival that improved treatment of opportunistic infections can bring. Doctors must be especially alert because the heart conditions are often silent.

The cross sectional study showed that left …

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