It is important to recognize that the relationship between<unk>  infections (OIs) and HIV infection is bi-directional. HIV causes the immunosuppression that allows<unk>  pathogens to cause disease in HIV-infected persons. OIs, as well as other co-infections that may be common in HIV-infected persons, such as sexually transmitted infections (STIs), can adversely affect the natural history of HIV infection by causing reversible increases in circulating viral load that could accelerate HIV progression and increase transmission of HIV. The widespread use of ART starting in the mid-1990s has had the most profound influence on reducing OI-related mortality in HIV-infected persons in those countries in which these therapies are accessible and affordable. Major OIs characteristic of AIDS include viral infections such as CMV retinitis, mucosal HSV, and varicella zoster, bacterial infections such as bacillary angiomatosis, tuberculosis, mycobacterium avium complex, and syphilis, and fungal infections such as cryptococcosis, mucocutaneous candidiasis, coccidiomycosis, and pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia.
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