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Daily Text Messaging Ups ART Adherence in Youth

Personalized daily text messaging improves adherence over six-month intervention
Cervicovaginal secretions from pregnant and nonpregnant women contain HIV infectivity-linked immune mediators

Cervicovaginal Secretions Contain HIV-Linked Immune Mediators

No difference in infectivity for pregnant and nonpregnant women
A case of Kingella kingae keratitis in an HIV-positive adult male is described in a letter to the editor published online Dec. 12 in Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology.

Kingella kingae Keratitis Described in HIV-Positive Adult

Patient was 52-year-old HIV-positive male with one week of orthokeratology lens use for myopia
Definitive chemoradiation can potentially cure HIV-associated squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal

Cetuximab + Chemoradiation Can Cure HIV-Associated Anal Cancer

Addition of cetuximab may result in less locoregional failure for squamous cell carcinoma of anal canal

November 2016 Briefing – HIV & AIDS

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in HIV & AIDS for November 2016. This roundup includes...
Use of a vaginal ring containing dapivirine is efficacious for prevention of HIV-1 infection

Dapivirine Vaginal Ring Can Help Prevent HIV-1 Infection

Findings among healthy, sexually active women from South Africa and Uganda
A significant number of patients with HIV have strains of the virus that are resistant to both older and newer drugs

More HIV Patients Exhibiting Multidrug Resistance

Patients resistant to older medications also have problems with newer drugs
Although there was a significant increase in the use of syringe services programs -- more commonly known as needle exchange programs -- across the United States over the past decade

CDC: Needle Exchange Program Usage Up Significantly

Yet, many drug users still share needles sometimes, researchers find
Animal research with an experimental two-drug therapy could hold clues for creating long-term HIV remission

Two-Drug Combo Promising for HIV Remission

Combination includes an HIV vaccine and an immune-stimulating drug
Antibodies may keep the HIV virus in check and one day allow patients to stop taking antiretroviral drugs

HIV Antibody VRC01 Shows Promise in Early Trials

Two trials suggest approach might make it possible for patients to discontinue antiretroviral meds