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Issue 205: April 2011

Published: 01 April 2011

  • In this issue

    HIV is still complicated. In the last two decades a universally lethal illness has been transformed into an infection people can live with for a relatively normal...

  • HIV drug prescribing in London: changes from this month

    From April 2011, the preferred first- and second-line drug regimens for HIV-positive people in London are changing. The change in prescribing practice will not initially affect people...

  • Testing…testing…one, two, three

    When you visit your HIV clinic, they will be measuring a lot more than just your CD4 count and viral load. What else are they checking and...

  • HIV and lymphoma

    Guest writer Matt Sharp updates HTU on a group of cancers that still cause premature deaths in people with HIV, though cure rates are improving....

  • News in brief

    Five US patients have had a proportion of their CD4 cells made immune to infection with the strain of HIV they have.1 The therapy, which could be the...

  • We’re getting there: towards a comprehensive hepatitis C cure

    Research on new cures for hepatitis C has made rapid progress, Gus Cairns reports....

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