http://www.aidsmap.com/Aidsmap-news-English/page/1260794/ en-gb NAM Publications - 2013 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:41:50 GMT Sat, 18 May 2013 13:41:50 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Limited partner choice, wider age gaps between partners, and mistaken beliefs about HIV status in regular partners are all driving the substantially higher rates of HIV in US black gay men relative to other ethnicities, a recent study suggests. The study also found that higher rates of HIV in black gay men were not http://www.aidsmap.com/Higher-rates-of-HIV-in-US-black-gay-men-may-be-due-to-smaller-choice-of-partners-and-more-age-mixing/page/2654589/ Epidemiology and behaviour Men who have sex with men (MSM) Prisoners Safer sex Sexual transmission Structural factors United States Young people Gus Cairns http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2654589/ Sat, 18 May 2013 08:20:00 GMT In Brighton & Hove the proportion of new HIV diagnoses which are made outside of sexual health and antenatal clinics has increased from 25.7% in 2000 to 57.8% in 2012, driven by improvements in HIV testing in primary care and community settings. Moreover, there has been a dramatic improvement in the diagnosis of recent http://www.aidsmap.com/Dramatic-improvements-in-HIV-testing-are-possible-local-leadership-and-multiple-initiatives-required/page/2655167/ Promoting HIV testing Testing policies and guidelines United Kingdom United Kingdom Roger Pebody http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2655167/ Thu, 16 May 2013 12:10:00 GMT Adding the approved HCV protease inhibitor telaprevir (Incivo or Incivek) to pegylated interferon and ribavirin can increase sustained viral response rates even for difficult-to-treat liver transplant recipients, but adverse events are common, researchers reported at the 48th International Liver Congress (EASL 2013) last month in Amsterdam. While many hepatitis C patients await interferon-free direct-acting antiviral regimens, others http://www.aidsmap.com/Triple-therapy-for-hepatitis-C-is-effective-after-liver-transplantation-but-side-effects-are-common/page/2653888/ ILC2013 Hepatitis C treatment ILC 2013 Liz Highleyman http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2653888/ Thu, 16 May 2013 08:10:00 GMT Pre-existing connection with primary health care is associated with more prompt diagnosis of HIV infection and an increased likelihood of virological suppression one year after diagnosis among gay men, investigators from the United States report in AIDS Patient Care and STDs. The findings of the study could have implications for 'test and treat' strategies http://www.aidsmap.com/Engagement-with-health-care-leads-to-more-prompt-HIV-diagnosis-and-higher-rates-of-virological-suppression-among-gay-men/page/2650045/ HIV testing Men who have sex with men (MSM) Outcomes and prognosis Retention and linkage to care United States Michael Carter http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2650045/ Thu, 16 May 2013 07:50:00 GMT Infection with hepatitis E virus (HEV) can cause rapid liver fibrosis in people with HIV who have low CD4 cell counts, case reports published in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases show. Spanish investigators reported two instances of HEV infection in gay men with HIV who had severe immunosuppression. Treatment with ribavirin monotherapy http://www.aidsmap.com/Hepatitis-E-virus-infection-can-cause-rapid-liver-cirrhosis-in-people-with-HIV-who-have-low-CD4-cell-counts/page/2634882/ Hepatitis and HIV Spain Spain Michael Carter http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2634882/ Wed, 15 May 2013 10:00:00 GMT There is a highly significant relationship between frequency and intensity of drug and alcohol use and risky sex among American HIV-negative gay men, a study published in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes shows. “HIV risk among MSM [men who have sex with men] increases with both frequency of http://www.aidsmap.com/More-drugs-more-alcohol-often-means-more-risky-sex-for-HIV-negative-gay-men/page/2649213/ Alcohol Epidemiology and behaviour Men who have sex with men (MSM) Recreational drug use Sexual transmission United States Michael Carter http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2649213/ Tue, 14 May 2013 07:50:00 GMT People who believe their care providers know them as a person are more likely to keep their HIV clinic appointments, research conducted in the United States and published in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes shows. Patients also kept more appointments if their care providers treated them with dignity and http://www.aidsmap.com/People-more-likely-to-keep-HIV-clinic-appointments-if-they-believe-their-care-providers-know-them-as-a-person/page/2649968/ Delivery of care Infectiousness and treatment as prevention Retention and linkage to care United States Michael Carter http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2649968/ Mon, 13 May 2013 10:00:00 GMT New combinations of hepatitis C drugs could have major public health benefits, a modelling study published in the online edition of Hepatology shows. Scaling-up treatment rates in Edinburgh, Melbourne and Vancouver has the potential to achieve significant reductions in prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) among injecting drug users, the model shows. Doubling current treatment http://www.aidsmap.com/New-HCV-combinations-could-have-a-big-role-in-prevention-but-only-if-treatment-rates-increase/page/2649382/ Australia Canada Epidemiology and behaviour Injecting drug users New and experimental hepatitis C treatment United Kingdom United Kingdom Michael Carter http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2649382/ Sat, 11 May 2013 07:00:00 GMT A study (Frentz) that looked at genetic similarities in the HIV from recently diagnosed people in 24 European countries found that among ‘clusters’ of closely related viruses (which indicate networks of transmission), a quarter of people who were in a cluster were connected to people diagnosed in other countries. This was the particularly http://www.aidsmap.com/Up-to-a-third-of-HIV-infections-in-European-gay-men-may-have-come-from-another-country/page/2648754/ Eastern Europe and Central Asia Epidemiology Epidemiology and behaviour HIV prevention policy Men who have sex with men (MSM) Migrants Sexual transmission Travel Western and Central Europe Gus Cairns http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2648754/ Fri, 10 May 2013 09:10:00 GMT Access to hepatitis C treatment in low- and middle-income countries is being restricted by the high cost of interferon and a lack of commitment to treating the disease, leading to a growing gap between the prospects of patients in the wealthiest nations and the rest of the world, advocates reported at the 48th International http://www.aidsmap.com/Movement-for-global-access-to-hepatitis-C-treatment-building-momentum/page/2648748/ ILC2013 Access to medicines and treatment Hepatitis C treatment ILC 2013 Keith Alcorn http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2648748/ Thu, 09 May 2013 10:00:00 GMT