%0 Journal Article %J PloS one %D 2013 %T Closing the Gap: Increases in Life Expectancy among Treated HIV-Positive Individuals in the United States and Canada. %A Samji, Hasina %A Cescon, Angela %A Hogg, Robert S %A Modur, Sharada P %A Althoff, Keri N %A Buchacz, Kate %A Burchell, Ann N %A Cohen, Mardge %A Gebo, Kelly A %A Gill, M John %A Justice, Amy %A Kirk, Gregory %A Klein, Marina B %A Korthuis, P Todd %A Martin, Jeff %A Napravnik, Sonia %A Rourke, Sean B %A Sterling, Timothy R %A Silverberg, Michael J %A Deeks, Stephen %A Jacobson, Lisa P %A Bosch, Ronald J %A Kitahata, Mari M %A Goedert, James J %A Moore, Richard %A Gange, Stephen J %N 12 %P e81355 %R 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001571 %V 8 %X Combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) has significantly increased survival among HIV-positive adults in the United States (U.S.) and Canada, but gains in life expectancy for this region have not been well characterized. We aim to estimate temporal changes in life expectancy among HIV-positive adults on ART from 2000-2007 in the U.S. and Canada. %8 2013