Adherence to PrEP and HIV Risk Among People Who Inject Drugs
How does PrEP adherence impact the risk of HIV infection?
Antiretroviral Susceptibility of Non-B HIV-1 Subtypes
Studies have produced conflicting results about susceptibility of different viral clades to highly active antiretroviral therapy. Learn more here.
How Is HIV Diagnosed?
The CDC recommends a new strategy for HIV testing using 4th generation combination assays able to detect both HIV antibodies and antigens.
Treatment for Acute HBV in a Person with HIV Seroconversion
What is the suggested management strategy for a patient recently infected with both HBV and HIV?
Are You a "Doctor Hopper?"
Multiple-clinic patients (also known as "doctor hoppers") are less likely to achieve undetectable viral loads or adhere to prescribed HIV therapy.
HIV Infection and Incidence of Ischemic Stroke
Do HIV-infected individuals have a higher risk of ischemic stroke?
Off the Wires - January 2001
Scan the latest HIV news in this compilation of wire service reports.
Signs of the HIV AIDS Virus
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is the virus that causes AIDS (Auto Immune Deficiency Syndrome). Many people who have HIV do not know that they are infected; for this reason it is important to get tested for HIV if you are sexually active or at risk for HIV in other ways.
Testosterone Replacement Among HIV-Infected Men
Is testosterone replacement therapy being overused by HIV infected men?
HIV Prophylaxis for Victims of Sexual Assault
This guideline from the New York State Department of Health offers guidance to clinicians for prescribing antiretroviral prophylactic therapy for HIV after sexual assault.
Male Circumcision for Prevention of HIV
Is it time to stop talking and start acting, to add male circumcision to efforts to prevent the spread of HIV?
Renal Function Changes With TDF/FTC Used as PrEP
TDF/FTC pre-exposure prophylaxis decreases sexual acquisition of HIV infection, but is it safe for the kidney?
Low Skeletal Muscle Mass in Virally Suppressed HIV Patients
This study looks at predictors of low skeletal muscle mass in middle-aged HIV-infected persons stably receiving combination antiretroviral therapy.
Significant Drug Interactions in HIV-Infected Patients
Drug-drug interactions are common in HIV-infected patients, and could represent major health problems. Which patients are most at risk?
Testing Signs for HIV
The misconception that it is easy to know, based on physical appearance or other factors, if someone is HIV-positive, unfortunately persists. In reality, the only way to know your HIV status is to be tested. HIV screening is simple. It can be low-cost or free and there are a number of sites where on
Pancreatic Insufficiency in Patients With HIV Infection
What is the cause of pancreatic insufficiency in patients with HIV infection?
High Levels of HPV-16 DNA Are Associated With High-Grade
Learn more about the associations between levels of episomal and integrated human papillomavirus-16 DNA and the grade of cervical disease.
Late Stage HIV Symptoms
HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus, and it is a condition that slowly disables your immune system until it develops into a case of AIDS. It can take years for HIV to develop into AIDS, but the symptoms of the later stages of HIV are very discernible from the earlier stages. Doctors are able
Immunotherapy in Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer
Find out more about new immunotherapeutic approaches for the treatment of recurrent or multiple nonmelanoma skin tumors.
Bartlett HIV/AIDS Review: February 1, 2006
Dr. John G. Bartlett reviews the latest on treatment interruption in MDR-HIV, LPV/r as single-drug maintenance therapy, tipranavir, coccidioidomycosis, HBV therapy guidelines in HIV, and more.