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Information about both the tests that are used to diagnose HIV and those used to monitor the health of people living with HIV, including viral load and CD4 counts.

CD4 count

Annual CD4 count monitoring may be sufficient for people doing well on HIV treatment

News
15 April 2015
Healthy living

'This is what it's really like to live with HIV'

Editor's pick
Daily Telegraph
10 April 2015
HIV testing programmes & uptake

Self-testing for HIV in low-income, high-incidence countries could save money, could improve outcomes . . . but it’s complicated, analysis finds

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Science Speaks
10 April 2015
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

Still refusing to date HIV+ guys? Here’s why you could be putting your health at risk

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Gaystar News
9 April 2015
Human rights

Czech human rights advocates up in arms over proposal to make HIV testing compulsory for high-risk groups

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Radio Prague
9 April 2015
Retention & linkage to care

Six in ten US HIV infections are transmitted by people who know they have HIV but are not in care

News
7 April 2015
Taking an HIV test

An alternative service design for sexual health

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Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity
7 April 2015
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

Chinese study sheds light on how well treatment may work as prevention in the real world

News
1 April 2015
Bone & joint problems

FRAX fracture prediction tool underestimates fracture risk in people with HIV

News
18 March 2015
Cancer

Screening may miss pre-cancerous anal lesions in women with HIV

News
12 March 2015
Self-testing & home testing

HIV home-testing kit awaiting approval from Australia's drug regulator

Editor's pick
The Guardian
10 March 2015
Weight gain & lipodystrophy

Does HIV make you fat? Study connects viral load with fat gains

News
6 March 2015
Retention & linkage to care

New York City Gets Its HIV Act Together

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MedPage Today HIV/AIDS
2 March 2015
Retention & linkage to care

Financial incentives did not improve linkage to care or viral suppression in US study

News
28 February 2015
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

No HIV transmissions from HIV-positive partner seen in Australian gay couples study

News
27 February 2015
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

Combining PrEP and ART could almost eliminate HIV infection, east African study finds

News
26 February 2015
Pregnancy and vertical transmission

Breastfeeding mothers often undiagnosed in sub-Saharan Africa

News
25 February 2015
HIV testing programmes & uptake

HIV testing continues to rise in UK gay men, but safer sex knowledge drops

News
20 February 2015
How HIV works

Researchers may have caught HIV becoming more virulent

News
19 February 2015
Types of HIV tests

bioLytical's INSTI HIV/Syphilis Multiplex Test Cleared for European Market

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PR Newswire
16 February 2015
Hepatitis C symptoms & diagnosis

Study: Door-to-door campaign linked hepatitis C patients to care

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Eurekalert Inf Dis
16 February 2015
HIV testing programmes & uptake

Ethiopia breaks world record for mass HIV test

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Sudan Tribune
16 February 2015
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

Smartphone, Finger Prick, 15 Minutes, Diagnosis—Done!

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Columbia University press release
9 February 2015
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

Could a $34 smartphone device improve HIV diagnosis in Africa?

Editor's pick
Reuters
6 February 2015