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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) antibody levels are
associated with some important markers of vascular disease in HIV-positive
women, US researchers show in a study published in the online edition of the Journal of Infectious Diseases.
"Our findings suggest that CMV ...
16 April 2012 | Michael Carter
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Infection with HIV per se does not increase the risk of colonisation with community-associated
MRSA, according to US research published in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases.
The investigators found that prevalence of
nasal colonisation with community-associated ...
27 February 2012 | Michael Carter
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Cotrimoxazole significantly
reduces death among adults on ART in low and middle-income countries, according to a systematic review and
meta-analysis published in the October online edition of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization.
Pooled analysis of seven
studies showed ...
10 February 2012 | Carole Leach-Lemens
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Achieving full coverage of
cotrimoxazole prophylaxis during the first six months of antiretroviral therapy
would be a highly cost-effective way of reducing early death among those with
advanced HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa, researchers report in the advance
online edition ...
10 February 2012 | Carole Leach-Lemens
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A new vaccine that may be more suitable for preventing
pneumococcal disease in people living with HIV has been approved in the United Kingdom.
Prevenar 13,
manufactured by Pfizer, is targeted at 13 variants of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Recently published research ...
30 November 2011 | Keith Alcorn
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Providing
free cotrimoxazole prophylaxis to adults not yet eligible for antiretroviral
treatment in Nairobi, Kenya, improved retention in care by over 20% after one year when compared with retention before 2006, Pamela
K Kohler and colleagues reported in a ...
18 August 2011 | Carole Leach-Lemens
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Early treatment in the HPTN 052 study of treatment as
prevention reduced serious illness by around 40%, delegates at the Sixth
International AIDS Society conference (IAS 2011) heard – but the effect was almost entirely
accounted for by fewer ...
18 July 2011 | Keith Alcorn
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A blood test may be able to show if an HIV-positive patient
has the AIDS-defining opportunistic infection, Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia, US investigators report in the
July 15th edition of Clinical
Infectious Diseases.Pneumocystis jirovecii was formerly known as pneumocystis carinii ...
28 June 2011 | Michael Carter
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Rates of community-acquired MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) infections in
patients with HIV appear to be declining. A US study conducted between 2002 and
2009, and published in the online edition of AIDS, showed that rates of MRSA increased ...
21 March 2011 | Michael Carter
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Cotrimoxazole
prophylaxis, while safe and well-tolerated, had no significant effect on
reducing death or hospital admissions among HIV-infected women followed for one
year after having given birth in Zambia, according to Andrew J Nunn and
colleagues in a randomised, placebo-controlled ...
24 February 2011 | Carole Leach-Lemens
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HIV, stigma and discrimination is now available in print!17 May 2012This week, boxes of the brand-new edition of our booklet...
Come and see us at the BHIVA conference!18 April 2012This morning, I boarded a train at Euston with one...
Community action on harm reduction (CAHR)16 April 2012We’ve been working on the design and
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