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HIV biggest cause of adolescent death, hospitalisation in Zimbabwe
Among adolescents in Harare, Zimbabwe, HIV is now the single most common cause of acute admission and in-hospital death, Rashida A.Ferrand and colleagues reported in a study published in the February online edition of PLoS Medicine. Close to fifty percent...
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Visa refusal shines spotlight on China's HIV travel ban
A spotlight has fallen on China's continued entry ban for HIV-positive foreigners after HIV-positive Australian novelist Robert Dessaix was refused entry to the country.Dessaix had planning to attend the Shanghai International Literary Festival and also had...
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Rates of new HIV diagnoses amongst US gay men 44 times greater than those in other populations
HIV has a hugely disproportionate impact on gay and other men who have sex with men in the US, according to new figures released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Surveillance (CDC).Investigators calculated that the rate of new HIV infections amongst...
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HIV-positive boys have reduced bone density
HIV-positive pubescent boys have significantly lower bone mineral content and density than their HIV-negative peers, US investigators report in the online edition of AIDS.The researchers also found that treatment with Kaletra was associated with reduced bone...
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Pressure growing on wealthy nations for clear signal on long-term funds for HIV
Pressure is building on governments of wealthy nations to make clear where they stand on funding their promises to achieve universal access to HIV treatment, care and prevention, following a meeting of ministers and civil society advocates from countries with...
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South Africa: Delayed drug registrations hard to swallow
-Delays in registering antiretroviral (ARV) medication may keep cheaper, more patient-friendly drugs out of reach as South Africa prepares to launch the world's largest tender for medicines.In a letter to Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, the Minister of Health, the...
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Hospital admissions remain high amongst those with HIV
Hospital admissions remain high amongst patient with HIV, even in the era of modern antiretroviral therapy, investigators from the US military report in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.Between 1999 and 2006, a third...
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International AIDS Society launches HIV research agenda for women and children
A consensus statement designed to address key gaps in clinical and programme knowledge that hinder access to effective HIV prevention, treatment and care for women and children was issued today by the International AIDS Society together with 15 other leading...
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Viral load in early HIV infection predicted by that of transmitting partner
Viral load in individuals recently infected with HIV is closely related to that of the individual who transmitted the virus, US investigators report in the online edition of AIDS.'We found a strong correlation between HIV-1 RNA levels in source and recipient...
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Beliefs about reduced infection risk on ART linked to STI risk
People who believed that having undetectable viral load on antiretroviral load reduces the risk of passing on HIV were more likely to have a sexually transmitted infection in a US study, published this week in HIV Medicine.The study authors, from the...
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