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• AZT associated with poorer immunological recovery in people taking first-line HIV treatment in southern Africa

  New Starting treatment
  Michael Carter | 5 hours ago

  AZT-based antiretroviral therapy is associated with lower increases in CD4 cell counts than other HIV treatment regimens, according to a study published in the online edition of AIDS. Investigators analysed immunological outcomes in ...

• Majority of Italian HIV specialists would prescribe PrEP

  PrEP
  Gus Cairns | 21 May 2013

  Seventy per cent of Italian HIV specialists who answered an online survey would prescribe pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to people in their care who ask for it, at least in some circumstances, a study ...

• Case workers can re-engage a high proportion of HIV-positive people lost to long-term care

  Retention and linkage to care
  Michael Carter | 20 May 2013

  Caseworkers helped 50% of HIV-positive people in New York City who had dropped out of care re-engage with HIV medical care, investigators report in the online edition of AIDS. Feeling well was ...

• Higher rates of HIV in US black gay men may be due to smaller choice of partners and more age mixing

  Men who have sex with men (MSM)
  Gus Cairns | 18 May 2013

  Limited partner choice, wider age gaps between partners, and mistaken beliefs about HIV status in regular partners are all driving the substantially higher rates of HIV in US black gay men relative ...

• Dramatic improvements in HIV testing are possible – local leadership and multiple initiatives required

  Promoting HIV testing
  Roger Pebody | 16 May 2013

  In Brighton & Hove the proportion of new HIV diagnoses which are made outside of sexual health and antenatal clinics has increased from 25.7% in 2000 to 57.8% in 2012, driven by ...

• Triple therapy for hepatitis C is effective after liver transplantation, but side-effects are common

  Hepatitis C treatment
  Liz Highleyman | 16 May 2013

  Adding the approved HCV protease inhibitor telaprevir (Incivo or Incivek) to pegylated interferon and ribavirin can increase sustained viral response rates even for difficult-to-treat liver transplant recipients, but adverse events are common, researchers ...

• Engagement with health care leads to more prompt HIV diagnosis and higher rates of virological suppression among gay men

  Retention and linkage to care
  Michael Carter | 16 May 2013

  Pre-existing connection with primary health care is associated with more prompt diagnosis of HIV infection and an increased likelihood of virological suppression one year after diagnosis among gay men, investigators from the United ...