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Yearly Archives: 2008

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  1. Concerns over miscarriage of justice after first UK conviction for transmission of hepatitis B

    Nov 21, 2008

    Campaigners have expressed concern that the first successful prosecution for the sexual transmission of hepatitis B virus may be a miscarriage of justice. The case involved a 29-year-old man who was accused of

    Tagged: uk news

  2. Slow progress to expand rountine HIV testing in the US

    Nov 21, 2008

    Little progress is being made in the United States to expand routine HIV testing and cut the rate of late HIV diagnoses, according to a number of studies presented to the National Summit on HIV Diagnosis, Prevention

    Tagged: prevention news

  3. High rate of death amongst patients with HIV diagnosed late

    Nov 20, 2008

    Patients who have an AIDS-defining illness at the time of their HIV diagnosis have a high rate of mortality, an international team of investigators report in the November 30th edition of AIDS. The researchers believe

    Tagged: starting treatment news

  4. Study explores verbal and non-verbal communication in unprotected sex between men

    Nov 18, 2008

    HIV-positive gay men who have unprotected anal intercourse think of themselves as being in settings where ‘everybody knows the rules of the game’, but these understandings are not shared by all gay men, report Barry

    Tagged: prevention news, gay men news

  5. IL-2 provides quick ‘AIDS rescue’, but effect does not always last

    Nov 17, 2008

    Using the immune-stimulating drug interleukin-2 (IL-2) alongside conventional antiretroviral therapy (ART) can produce a more rapid CD4 increase than usual in people who are diagnosed with very low CD4 counts, and may

    Tagged: conference news, starting treatment news