There is a high prevalence of erectile dysfunction in HIV-infected men, with age and the duration of exposure to protease inhibitor being the only identifiable risk factors.
Patients with HIV infection receiving treatment and negative HIV-VL (<20 copies/mL) present less frequently MT than patients with low-level HIV viremias (20-200 copies/mL). MT is associated with higher levels of inflammation markers, independent of HIV-VL.
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