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HIV itself may contribute to renal disease and HIV treatment has an overall benefit for the kidneys. However, some anti-HIV drugs have been linked to kidney toxicity.

Testing & health monitoring

In HIV, Race-Free eGFR Equation ‘Unmasks’ High Risk for CKD Progression

Editor's pick
Physician’s Weekly
17 February 2023
Kidney problems

In HIV, Race-Free eGFR Equation ‘Unmasks’ High Risk for CKD Progression

Editor's pick
Physician's Weekly
10 February 2023
Side effects

Researchers identify how HIV/hepatitis drug harms the kidneys

Editor's pick
Medical Xpress
18 January 2023
PrEP science

Daily PrEP is safe for the kidneys, although on-demand PrEP has slightly less impact

News
30 December 2022
Organ transplants

Early graft survival seen with HIV-positive deceased donor kidneys in positive recipients

Editor's pick
Healio
13 June 2022
Ethnic & cultural minorities

Black British people with HIV and APOL1 gene variants are more likely to develop kidney failure

News
1 June 2022
Kidney problems

Can Individualized Care for Kidney Disease in HIV Improve Outcomes?

Editor's pick
Medscape (requires free registration)
10 May 2022
Kidney problems

PrEP and kidney function: who really needs screening and can event-based dosing reduce side-effects?

News
1 April 2022
Kidney problems

Renal dysfunction common in some people newly diagnosed with HIV in Zimbabwe

News
24 March 2022
Treatment for women

Women living with HIV are under-represented in research, limiting our understanding of co-morbid diseases

News
3 December 2021
PrEP science

Kidney Toxicity Rare With Daily or On-Demand (As-Needed) PrEP

Editor's pick
NATAP
31 October 2021
PrEP science

Most switches to Descovy PrEP are probably unnecessary and some may be harmful

News
1 October 2021
Kidney problems

People over 50 years old or with existing kidney dysfunction are more likely to get kidney damage when using tenofovir disoproxil-based PrEP

News
21 September 2021
Ethnic & cultural minorities

Using racial adjustments for Black people living with HIV decreases the accuracy of kidney function tests

News
13 July 2021
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Higher rates of non-communicable diseases contribute to persisting mortality in people with HIV

News
8 April 2021
Side effects

Meta-analysis finds no real difference in safety and effectiveness between tenofovir formulations

News
5 January 2021
Cardiovascular disease

Impaired blood vessel and kidney function underlie heart disease risk in people with HIV

Editor's pick
EurekAlert
17 December 2020
Organ transplants

Kidney transplant between people with HIV is safe, says US study

News
26 August 2020
Ageing & HIV

Large NIH Clinical Trial Illuminates Long-Term Health Effects of HIV

Editor's pick
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
17 August 2020
PrEP science

Older age and baseline kidney function are the key risk factors for renal dysfunction while taking HIV PrEP

News
23 March 2020
Organ transplants

Kidney Donor's HIV Strain Found in HIV-Positive Recipient

Editor's pick
MedPage Today
9 January 2020
Ageing & HIV

People with HIV aged 75 and older receiving good HIV care but many at risk of frailty

News
2 December 2019
Organ transplants

HIV factor in kidney transplants: research sheds new light on risks

Editor's pick
The Conversation
26 November 2019
PrEP science

96-week results of DISCOVER PrEP trial presented at European AIDS Conference

News
14 November 2019