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New Acute Hepatitis C Screening Strategy for HIV-Infected Patients
October 18, 2011 — Researchers have demonstrated a practical strategy for regularly screening HIV-infected patients for acute hepatitis C virus infection, a "silent epidemic" that is rising undetected in this ... > full story -
Expanding HIV Treatment for Discordant Couples Could Significantly Reduce Global HIV Epidemic
October 18, 2011 — A new study uses a mathematical model to predict the potential impact of expanding treatment to discordant couples on controlling the global HIV epidemic -- in these couples one partner has HIV ... > full story -
Significant Breakthrough in Study of Chlamydia
October 12, 2011 — A breakthrough in the study of chlamydia genetics could open the way to new treatments and the development of a vaccine for this sexually transmitted disease. For decades research progress has been ... > full story -
Potential New Drugs Plug Brain's Biological 'Vacuum Cleaner' and Target HIV
October 12, 2011 — In an advance toward eliminating pockets of infection in the brain that help make HIV disease incurable, scientists report the development of new substances that first plug the biological vacuum ... > full story -
Experimental Vaccine Protects Monkeys from Blinding Trachoma
October 10, 2011 — An attenuated, or weakened, strain of Chlamydia trachomatis bacteria can be used as a vaccine to prevent or reduce the severity of trachoma, the world's leading cause of infectious blindness, suggest ... > full story -
HIV: Ancient Gene Found to Control Potent Antibody Response to Retroviruses
October 6, 2011 — A researcher has identified a gene that controls the process by which antibodies gain their ability to combat retroviruses. He has shown that the gene TLR7 allows the antibody generating B cells to ... > full story -
Earlier Male Circumcision May Help to Slow Rates of HIV, HPV Transmission in South Africa
October 6, 2011 — Earlier circumcision of males in South Africa may be a positive step in slowing the spread of both HIV and the human ... > full story -
Changes in Brain Function in Early HIV Infection: A Reliable Indicator of Disease Prognosis?
October 6, 2011 — Measurable changes in brain function and communication between brain regions may be a consequence of virus-induced injury during the early stages of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. ... > full story -
Efforts to Defund or Ban Infant Male Circumcision Are Unfounded and Potentially Harmful, Experts Argue
October 4, 2011 — Infectious disease experts say the medical benefits for male circumcision are clear and that efforts in an increasing number of states (currently 18) to not provide U.S. Medicaid insurance coverage ... > full story -
Hormonal Contraception Doubles HIV Risk, Study Suggests
October 3, 2011 — Researchers have found that women using hormonal contraception -- such as a birth control pill or a shot like Depo-Provera -- are at double the risk of acquiring HIV, and HIV-infected women who use ... > full story -
Major HIV Prevention Trial in Women to Drop Oral Tenofovir Arm
September 28, 2011 — A large-scale clinical trial evaluating whether daily use of an oral tablet or vaginal gel containing antiretroviral drugs can prevent HIV infection in women is being modified because an interim ... > full story -
Pediatricians in Appalachia, US, Less Likely to Recommend HPV Vaccine
September 28, 2011 — Pediatricians in Appalachia are less likely than doctors in other areas to encourage parents to have their children receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, according to a new study. The ... > full story
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