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• New BHIVA guidelines recommend discussion with all patients on potential of HIV treatment to protect sexual partners

  New Treatment guidelines
  Keith Alcorn | 6 hours ago

  The British HIV Association today recommends that doctors should discuss the evidence for the effectiveness of antiretroviral treatment as prevention with all patients with HIV, and that it should be offered those ...

• US CDC recommends HPV vaccine for young men

  New Immunisations
  Keith Alcorn | 17 hours ago

  Young men and adolescent boys between the ages of 11 and 21 should be vaccinated against human papillomavirus, the cause of genital warts, anal and cervical cancer, the Advisory Committee on Immunization ...

• Gardasil protects against recurrence of pre-cancerous anal lesions in HIV-negative gay men

  New Sexually transmitted infections
  Michael Carter | 17 hours ago

  The genital wart vaccine Gardasil significantly reduces the risk of high-grade pre-cancerous anal lesion recurrence in men who have sex with men, US investigators report in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases. The ...

• For patients with HIV viral load is key in immune response to yellow fever vaccine

  Immunisations
  Michael Carter | 02 February 2012

  Viral load is the only factor associated with a poorer antibody response to the yellow fever vaccine in patients with HIV, according to a French study published in the online edition of ...

• Contraception in HIV prevention trials: injectable hormonal methods more effective?

  Contraception
  Carole Leach-Lemens | 02 February 2012

  Women using injectable (hormonal) contraceptives had a significantly lower rate of pregnancy compared to those using oral contraception in a major HIV prevention study, researchers report in the advance online edition of ...

• Men who have sex with men may now be the highest-risk group for HIV in Africa, IAVI study suggests

  Men who have sex with men (MSM)
  Gus Cairns | 01 February 2012

  Men who have sex with men may now be at considerably higher risk of acquiring HIV than other at-risk groups such as female sex workers or young people of either sex, if ...

• HIV care providers in US struggling to cope with rising patient numbers

  Delivery of care
  Michael Carter | 01 February 2012

  HIV doctors in the US are struggling to meet the demands of a rising patient caseload, according to the findings of a national survey. Two-thirds of HIV treatment providers reported an increase in ...