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Higher levels of drug resistance seen after first-line NNRTI failure than boosted PI failure: meta-analysis

In a meta-analysis of data from nearly 8000 patients reported in Clinical Infectious Diseases, researchers found significantly fewer drug resistance mutations, including NRTI-associated mutations, in people who had experienced... more>

Wide variation found in anal HPV viral loads in HIV-positive men

High rates of anal human papilloma virus infection have been found in an Italian cohort of HIV-positive men. A study, published in the October 1st edition of AIDS, also reports that the most common strains of human papilloma... more>

Low rate of spontaneous hepatitis C clearance in patients with HIV; early HIV treatment recommended for those with chronic hepatitis C infection

Approximately a quarter of patients coinfected with HIV and hepatitis C virus spontaneously clear infection with hepatitis C, according to a study conducted by European investigators and published in the November 1st edition... more>