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Most prison inmates with HIV do not receive appropriate treatment immediately following release
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Approximately 80 percent of HIV-infected Texas prison inmates did not fill an initial prescription for antiretroviral therapy within 30 days of their release from prison, potentially increasing their risk for harmful health ...
Prolonged nevirapine in breast-fed babies prevents HIV infection but leads to drug-resistant HIV
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Jan 05, 2009 |
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Babies born to HIV-positive mothers and given the antiretroviral drug nevirapine through the first six weeks of life to prevent infection via breast-feeding are at high risk for developing drug-resistant HIV if they get infected ...
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Novel mathematical model predicts new wave of drug-resistant HIV infections in San Francisco
Feb 17, 2008 |
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A mathematical model shows that a new wave of drug-resistant HIV is rising among among men in San Francisco who have sex with men and that this trend will continue over the next few years, according to a new study from the ...
Herpes drug inhibits HIV replication, but with a price
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Nov 06, 2008 |
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The anti-herpes drug acyclovir can also directly slow down HIV infection by targeting the reverse transcriptase (RT) enzyme, researchers report in this week's JBC. This beneficial effect does pose a risk though, as HIV-in ...
Sensitive testing reveals drug-resistant HIV with possible consequences for treatment
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Jul 29, 2008 |
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Drug-resistant HIV at levels too low to be detected by standard tests is not unusual and may contribute to treatment failure, according to research published in PLoS Medicine.
HIV/AIDS linked to drug resistant TB
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Nov 16, 2006 |
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U.S. scientists say a highly drug-resistant form of tuberculosis has been linked to HIV/AIDS in a study conducted in rural South Africa.
New HIV drugs on the way
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 01, 2007 |
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U.S. researchers say promising new medicines are headed to the market that can help overcome increasing resistance to some HIV therapies.
FDA sees no safety issues with Pfizer HIV drug
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 06, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration says an HIV drug from Pfizer appears safe for expanded use in patients who have not taken other drugs to combat the virus.
Alarming new data shows TB-HIV co-infection a bigger threat
Mar 24, 2009 |
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The World Health Organization released staggering new data about the threat of tuberculosis and the toll it takes on people with HIV/AIDS today, in recognition of World TB Day.
Researchers develop new method for screening drug-resistant forms of HIV
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jun 28, 2007 |
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A growing number of drug-resistant strains of HIV are a threat to the effectiveness of current treatments despite anti-HIV drug cocktails decreasing the number of HIV-related deaths and improving the quality of life for HIV ...
Emergence of recombinant forms of HIV: dynamics and scaling
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Oct 26, 2007 |
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The emergence of drug resistant forms of HIV often underlies the failure of current antiretroviral therapies for HIV infection. Specific mutations in the HIV genome confer resistance to individual drugs.
New therapy for HIV treatment
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Jul 29, 2008 |
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Millions of people world-wide who have contracted a highly resistant strain of the HIV virus could benefit from a new drug to treat the infection.
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