Infants can be born with HIV infection even if the mother tests negative during pregnancy, the results of a brief report show. Reuters Health Information
Women who decline prenatal HIV screening are more likely to be HIV positive than women who undergo prenatal HIV screening, according to a report from Canada in the December 15th issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases. Reuters Health Information
Former Soviet states had the largest number of new HIV infections last year in the European region, mainly due to shared drug needles, an EU report said on Friday. Reuters Health Information
Certain dermatologic conditions indicate CD4+ cell counts of less than 200/microliter among patients with HIV, researchers from Peru reported at the International AIDS Conference underway here. Reuters Health Information
There is continuing interest in the longer term effects of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) on the risk of cardiopulmonary events. JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
Weight loss is reported by more than 20% of HCV-monoinfected patients treated with the peg-interferon (peg-IFN) and ribavirin combination. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and risk factors of severe weight loss HIV / HCV-coinfected patients. Journal of Viral Hepatitis
