AIDS Alert Archives – November 1, 2010
November 1, 2010
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Can 'seek and treat' strategy stop HIV epidemic among injection drug users?
Even 20-plus years into the North American HIV epidemic among injection drug users (IDUs) it is theoretically possible to eliminate the epidemic, dramatically cutting transmission among this aÿ -
Disease progression speeds up over time
Investigators at the Bethesda, MD-based Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences have found strong evidence that HIV has become more virulent over the past 25 years. -
Improvement in early diagnosis, some still late
Investigators analyzing data from 1996 to 2007 of more than 35,000 HIV-infected patients have found that people appear to have higher CD4 counts when entering care now than they did 14 years ago. But they're not high enough. -
The needlestick that changed her life
Karen Daley, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, remembers the stick as if it happened in slow-motion, the details still clear to her 12 years later. -
Abstract & Commentary: Thinner: Trying to solve the lipoatrophy puzzle
Two-hundred eleven adipose biopsies were obtained from 59 patients participating in the Western Australia HIV cohort study. -
Unique approach to HIV research in drug users
Researchers at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, have developed a novel approach to assessing the potential social risks to participants in a research study before the study commences. -
FDA Notifications: FDA draft guidance on Hepatitis C/HIV coinfection
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled "Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection: Developing Direct-Acting Antiviral Agents for Treatment," which includes coinfection with HIV.