HIV/AIDS Topics Needle Exchange Reduces HIV Transmission
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- Category: Injection Drug Use
- Published on Tuesday, 10 May 2011 04:29
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Montreal injection drug users who always acquired syringes from needle exchanges or other safe sources had a significantly lower likelihood of becoming infected with HIV.
New NRTI Microbicide Looks Promising in Lab
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- Category: Microbicides
- Published on Thursday, 05 May 2011 17:49
- Written by Liz Highleyman
A novel vaginal microbicide gel containing the reverse transcriptase inhibitor IQP-0528 demonstrated good antiviral activity and safety in laboratory studies.
Women's PrEP Study Halted due to Disappointing Findings
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- Category: Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
- Published on Friday, 22 April 2011 14:40
- Written by HIVandHepatitis.com
A trial of Truvada pre-exposure prophylaxis for women in Africa was discontinued this week after an interim review found that the study was unlikely to show a reduction in HIV infections.
GeoVax and HIV Trials Network To Test Prime-Boost Vaccine
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- Category: HIV Vaccines
- Published on Friday, 22 April 2011 22:05
- Written by GeoVax
GeoVax Labs this month announced that it will test a novel recombinant HIV prevention vaccine that showed promise in monkeys, in collaboration with NIAID and the HIV Vaccine Trials Network.
CROI 2011: Can Lowering Community Viral Load Decrease New HIV Infections?
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- Category: Treatment as Prevention
- Published on Monday, 18 April 2011 22:40
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Decreased average and maximum community viral load (CVL) was associated with a decline in new HIV infections in San Francisco, and new HIV diagnoses are decreasing along with CVL in New York City, but this correlation has not yet been observed in Washington, DC, researchers reported at CROI 2011. 
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