http://www.aidsmap.com/Aidsmap-news-English/page/1260794/ en-gb NAM Publications - 2012 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:33:05 GMT Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:33:05 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ 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 the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. For patients vaccinated after diagnosis with HIV, an undetectable viral load was the “unique determinant” of http://www.aidsmap.com/For-patients-with-HIV-viral-load-is-key-in-immune-response-to-yellow-fever-vaccine/page/2229704/ Health problems Immunisations Latin America Must see Sub-Saharan Africa Travel Western and Central Europe Michael Carter http://www.aidsmap.com/For-patients-with-HIV-viral-load-is-key-in-immune-response-to-yellow-fever-vaccine/page/2229704/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:10:00 GMT 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 AIDS. However, the same study also found that women who used an injectable hormonal contraceptive method were at higher risk of http://www.aidsmap.com/Contraception-in-HIV-prevention-trials-injectable-hormonal-methods-more-effective/page/2229312/ Conception Contraception Sub-Saharan Africa Carole Leach-Lemens http://www.aidsmap.com/Contraception-in-HIV-prevention-trials-injectable-hormonal-methods-more-effective/page/2229312/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:10:00 GMT 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 findings by the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) of HIV incidence at two centres in Kenya can be generalised to other populations. The http://www.aidsmap.com/Men-who-have-sex-with-men-may-now-be-the-highest-risk-group-for-HIV-in-Africa-IAVI-study-suggests/page/2234346/ Epidemiology and behaviour Kenya Men who have sex with men (MSM) Sex workers South Africa Gus Cairns http://www.aidsmap.com/Men-who-have-sex-with-men-may-now-be-the-highest-risk-group-for-HIV-in-Africa-IAVI-study-suggests/page/2234346/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:30:00 GMT 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 patient numbers, and a third reported difficulties being reimbursed for the care they provided. The second annual HealthHIV State of Primary http://www.aidsmap.com/HIV-care-providers-in-US-struggling-to-cope-with-rising-patient-numbers/page/2232782/ Delivery of care Must see United States Michael Carter http://www.aidsmap.com/HIV-care-providers-in-US-struggling-to-cope-with-rising-patient-numbers/page/2232782/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:40:00 GMT Approximately a quarter of men undergoing circumcision resume sexual activity before their wounds have fully healed, Zambian research published in the online edition of AIDS shows. Most of the men reporting the early resumption of sexual activity engaged in unprotected sex, often with multiple partners. The investigators calculated that early resumption of sexual activity at this http://www.aidsmap.com/Quarter-of-men-resume-sex-before-wounds-from-circumcision-fully-healed-in-Zambian-study/page/2227154/ Circumcision Must see Zambia Michael Carter http://www.aidsmap.com/Quarter-of-men-resume-sex-before-wounds-from-circumcision-fully-healed-in-Zambian-study/page/2227154/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:00:00 GMT Raltegravir could have a “useful” role in HIV post-exposure prophylaxis, according to investigators from the US writing in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. Doctors in Boston, Massachusetts, prescribed a post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) regimen of raltegravir (Isentress) with tenofovir and FTC (Truvada) to 100 patients after possible sexual exposure to HIV. http://www.aidsmap.com/RaltegraviriTruvadai-HIV-PEP-regimen-well-tolerated-with-no-infections-after-its-use/page/2227321/ Must see PEP United States Michael Carter http://www.aidsmap.com/RaltegraviriTruvadai-HIV-PEP-regimen-well-tolerated-with-no-infections-after-its-use/page/2227321/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:10:00 GMT Seeking to understand why adherence to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) was extremely high in a study of serodiscordant couples, qualitative researchers have found that trial participants saw PrEP as a way they could preserve their relationship despite the pressures created by the knowledge of different HIV status and the risk of infection. In an article published http://www.aidsmap.com/For-study-participants-PrEP-was-an-opportunity-to-save-their-relationship/page/2229616/ Adherence Must see PrEP Relationships and feelings Telling people you have HIV Uganda Roger Pebody http://www.aidsmap.com/For-study-participants-PrEP-was-an-opportunity-to-save-their-relationship/page/2229616/ Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:00:00 GMT Only 45% of HIV-positive patients in the US are receiving regular medical monitoring, research published in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes suggests. The study also showed that a third of patients were not being linked with specialist HIV care within the first year of their diagnosis with the http://www.aidsmap.com/Majority-of-HIV-positive-patients-in-US-not-receiving-regular-medical-care/page/2228542/ Delivery of care Must see United States Michael Carter http://www.aidsmap.com/Majority-of-HIV-positive-patients-in-US-not-receiving-regular-medical-care/page/2228542/ Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:10:00 GMT During a study of 5567 South African women, looking at the effect of hormonal contraception on HIV acquisition, 270 women became HIV-infected. The researchers report that use of hormonal contraception did not increase the risk, overall, of becoming HIV positive, compared to non-hormonal contraception, in the advance online edition of AIDS. There http://www.aidsmap.com/Hormonal-contraception-and-HIV-risk-no-increased-risk-in-South-African-cohort/page/2229309/ Contraception Microbicides Transmission and prevention Carole Leach-Lemens http://www.aidsmap.com/Hormonal-contraception-and-HIV-risk-no-increased-risk-in-South-African-cohort/page/2229309/ Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:10:00 GMT The performance of OraQuick, a widely used rapid point-of-care test for HIV diagnosis, is slightly poorer when testing oral fluid samples than when testing blood samples, according to a meta-analysis published in the online edition of Lancet Infectious Diseases this week.The authors also found that if the test is used in low-prevalence settings with oral http://www.aidsmap.com/Rapid-HIV-test-performance-poorer-with-oral-fluid-than-blood-especially-when-prevalence-is-low/page/2228132/ Must see Types of tests Roger Pebody http://www.aidsmap.com/Rapid-HIV-test-performance-poorer-with-oral-fluid-than-blood-especially-when-prevalence-is-low/page/2228132/ Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:30:00 GMT