A clinical trial set up to study rapid HIV testing in the emergency department identified a high rate of false-positive test results associated with the OraQuick ADVANCE Rapid HIV-1/2 Antibody Test. Reuters Health Information
Working groups of the European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS) have developed these guidelines for European clinicians to help them in the treatment of adults with HIV infection. HIV Medicine
HIV-infected women who use crack cocaine risk deterioration in immune status, development of AIDS-defining illnesses, and death from AIDS-related causes, even if they adhere to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) regimens, study findings indicate. Reuters Health Information
Patients treated with rifampicin-based therapy for tuberculosis who begin a nevirapine-based regimen for HIV infection are twice as likely to develop viral failure as similar patients who start an efavirenz-based regimen. Reuters Health Information
New policy guidelines for collaborative HIV and tuberculosis (TB) services for injecting and other drug users call for joint planning, preventing spread of TB and HIV infection, and overcoming the stigma and discrimination drug users face. Reuters Health Information
The heterosexual infectivity of HIV-1 is commonly cited as a fixed value of approximately one transmission per 1000 sexual contacts. However, depending on the presence of several risk factors, the rate of transmission may be several hundred times higher, according to research presented Monday at the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City and published online on August 5 by The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Reuters Health Information
Nevirapine persists in the blood and breast milk of HIV-infected mothers for at least 2 weeks after a dose of the drug has been given, which could lead to the development of viral drug resistance, according to study findings presented Tuesday at the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Reuters Health Information
Using a delivery method that targets T cells, researchers found that short interfering RNAs, or siRNAs, can markedly suppress HIV-infection in mice with humanized immune systems. Reuters Health Information
U.S. efforts to test nearly everyone for HIV have stalled and just 40% of adults in the country have ever been tested, according to a government report on Thursday. Reuters Health Information
In treatment-naive patients with primary drug-resistant HIV infection who are beginning first-line highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), the long-term maintenance of viral suppression is comparable to that of patients infected with wild-type HIV if treatment is guided by genotype testing. Reuters Health Information
