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SIDS Risk Higher in Infants of HIV-Positive Women Who Use Opiates
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Risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is 69 times higher for babies of HIV-positive women who used opiates during pregnancy than in the general population of similarly aged infants, Swiss researchers report in the November issue of the Archives of the Disease in Childhood. Reuters Health Information
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HIV-Positive Women Started on PI-Based HAART Have Highest CD4 Cell Counts
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Initial highly active anti-retroviral treatment (HAART) regimens that include protease inhibitors (PIs) result in significantly higher CD4+ cell counts at 2 years among HIV-positive women compared with regimens based on non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) or triple-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs), according to a new study. Reuters Health Information
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Minority HIV-1 Drug Resistance Mutations Present in Untreated HIV-Infected Patients
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In treatment-naive HIV-infected patients, a small percentage of viruses may harbor resistance mutations that are undetected by conventional genotyping. However, these minority HIV resistance mutations are associated with reduced treatment efficacy, according to a report in the July issue of PLoS Medicine. Reuters Health Information
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11th European AIDS Conference
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Drs. Edwin DeJesus and Vincent Soriano cover the highlights of the 11th European AIDS Conference including the newly revised EACS Guidelines, recent clinical trials and studies on common coinfectons. Medscape HIV/AIDS
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