latest aidsmap news

• Up to half of gay men diagnosed with HIV in UK may have been infected in previous year
• UK conference discusses the `Swiss statement` on infectiousness of people on HIV treatment
• Treating co-infections can lower HIV viral load, reducing risk of transmission and improving prognosis
• Unsuccessful post-exposure prophylaxis may still result in weaker HIV infection and lower viral load
• Jury still out on whether circumcision protects gay men against HIV
• Antiretroviral therapy does not fully reverse impact of HIV on hepatitis C-related cirrhosis
• High early mortality after starting antiretroviral treatment in Africa
• Nobel prize awarded to French discoverers of HIV
• Fall in number of undiagnosed HIV infections in the US
• Resistance to darunavir related to pre-existing mutations