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How Successful is the Push for Early HIV Diagnosis?
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HIV counseling and testing initiatives aim to identify asymptomatic infected persons and refer them for care before the late, symptomatic stages of AIDS. How successful have these initiatives been?
AIDS Clinical Care
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Peptide Fibrils in Semen Promote HIV Transmission
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Amyloid fibrils formed by peptides present in semen capture HIV virions and promote the fusion of HIV with target cells, enhancing viral infectivity by several orders of magnitude, scientists report in the December 14th issue of Cell. Reuters Health Information
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HIV Programmes in Workplace Save Money, Lives
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Companies can save money and retain more staff by offering their workers HIV programmes, particularly in areas where infection rates are high, an international aid agency said on Tuesday. Reuters Health Information
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HIV Circulated in the US for Years Before AIDS Recognized in 1981
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Phylogenetic evaluation of HIV in frozen stored blood samples indicates that subtype B of the virus, the predominant variant outside subSaharan Africa, moved from Africa to Haiti around 1966 and from there to the US in a single migration around 1969, scientists report in the PNAS Early Edition, published online on October 29. Reuters Health Information
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