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Study examines transmitted HIV drug resistance in Asia

Prevalence of transmitted drug resistance among patients starting HIV therapy in Asia stands at 14%, investigators report in the April 15th edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases. The study

Published
25 April 2011
By
Michael Carter
HIV treatment in children
HIV study claims one in eight children resistant to drugs

One in eight children born with HIV becomes resistant to the three main classes of drugs used to suppress the virus within five years of starting treatment.

Published
20 April 2011
From
The Guardian
Resistance
The Ten-Year Timeline for Antibiotics Burnout

Though the World Health Organisation (WHO) has focused this year's World Health Day Apr. 7 on prioritising the struggle against the global spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), scores of international researchers and scientists fear this decision is coming too late, with 2011 already shadowed by the failure of pharmaceutical antibiotics to curb the proliferation of diseases.

Published
07 April 2011
From
IPS
Resistance
Superbug gene rife in Delhi water supply

A gene that causes a wide range of bacteria to become resistant to antibiotics has been found in the water supply in Delhi, with worrying implications for the rest of the globe.

Published
07 April 2011
From
The Guardian
Resistance
Tests needed for low levels of NNRTI resistance in patients new to treatment

Low levels of baseline resistance increase the risk of virological failure for patients starting first-line antiretroviral therapy based on a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI), US investigators report

Published
05 April 2011
By
Michael Carter
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Breastfeeding infants with HIV may develop drug resistance from ARVs in breast milk

Two thirds of breastfeeding infants infected after birth, born to mothers on antiretroviral therapy (ART), developed resistance to one or more antiretroviral drugs according to Clement Zeh and

Published
31 March 2011
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Resistance
Study shows importance of resistance testing before start of HIV treatment

European research published in the February 28th edition of The Lancet shows the importance of considering the results of tests for transmitted resistance when selecting a patient’s first

Published
15 March 2011
By
Michael Carter
Resistance
Is HIV drug resistance spreading? Early warning signals say 'yes'

Signals warning of the transmission of drug-resistant HIV are growing in low- and middle-income countries, and governments should step up surveillance efforts as they scale up treatment, experts

Published
03 March 2011
By
Keith Alcorn
PrEP
Truvada PrEP remains effective against HIV with 3TC/FTC resistance in animal study

The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has found that oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) using a combined tenofovir/FTC (Truvada) pill is still effective against HIV with the

Published
28 February 2011
By
Gus Cairns
Treatment-experienced people
New Possibility for Some Heavily Treatment Experienced: Add Reyataz or Invirase

A drug-resistance mutation in HIV’s protease gene may actually be advantageous and make the virus more sensitive to antiretroviral drug regimens containing either Reyataz (atazanavir) or Invirase (saquinavir), according to a paper published online ahead of print in AIDS Research and Therapy.

Published
22 February 2011
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AIDSMeds
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