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Starting treatment

HIV-positive people with higher viral load have increased risk of bacterial pneumonia

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24 April 2006
HIV treatment

Cotrimoxazole, antiretroviral therapy, and insecticide-treated bednets dramatically reduce the frequency of malaria in Ugandan adults

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24 April 2006
Hepatitis & HIV

Only 24 weeks of treatment may be needed for easier-to-treat HCV genotypes in HIV/HCV patients

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24 April 2006
TB diagnosis

Blood tests may be better than standard skin test for diagnosing latent tuberculosis

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21 April 2006
Mental & emotional health & wellbeing

HIV patients with mental health problems live just as long, says Australian study

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21 April 2006
Transmission & prevention

European HIV Drug Resistance Workshop: epidemiology

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20 April 2006
Starting treatment

Starting treatment with efavirenz causes only modest changes in sleep patterns

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19 April 2006
Side effects

HIV infection, viral load and injecting drug use linked to early signs of cardiovascular disease

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19 April 2006
Side effects

How frequently are ARV side-effects being seen in resource-limited settings, and how are they dealt with?

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13 April 2006
Transmission & prevention

US government watchdog criticises PEPFAR prevention policy

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13 April 2006
Epidemiology

Malaria transmission factors and immunity play major roles in treatment response according to two Ugandan studies

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12 April 2006
Starting treatment

Risk of disease progression linked to CD4 cell count and HIV DNA level during primary infection

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11 April 2006
Side effects

Growth hormone production reduced in HIV-positive men with fat redistribution

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10 April 2006
Starting treatment

BHIVA: One in five diagnosed HIV-positive with low CD4 counts not on treatment in 2004

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7 April 2006
Epidemiology

BHIVA: Small percentage of white gay men in London have non-B HIV strains

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4 April 2006
Hepatitis & HIV

BHIVA: HIV/HCV coinfected may have worse survival as they spend less time on HAART

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4 April 2006
Improving HIV care

Expanding beyond DOTS to stop TB

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31 March 2006
HIV testing policies & guidelines

Clinton calls for rethink on universal HIV testing

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30 March 2006
Transmission & prevention

HIV infection rates down one-third in south India since 2000

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30 March 2006
Mental & emotional health & wellbeing

Survival in patients with PML longer with protease inhibitor and cidofovir treatment

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27 March 2006
Drug-resistant TB

TB with resistance to second-line drugs increasing, a 'serious and emerging public health threat' warn doctors

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24 March 2006
Transmission & prevention

Condoms for HIV prevention do not lead to earlier sex, more sex, or more partners, meta-analysis concludes

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24 March 2006
Mental & emotional health & wellbeing

Study finds no link between brain-penetrating antiretroviral drugs and neurocognitive impairment

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22 March 2006
TB epidemiology

WHO launches new stop TB strategy to fight the global tuberculosis epidemic

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21 March 2006