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Invasive cervical cancer risk no higher in women with HIV

Women with HIV have a low incidence of invasive cervical cancer (ICC) despite a high prevalence of risk factors, according to an American study published

Published
20 January 2004
By
Liz Highleyman
Epidemiology
Anal cancer bad news for HIV-positive gay men even in HAART era, but incidence is rare

Anal cancer occurs more frequently in HIV-positive gay men, doesn’t respond to HAART, is difficult to treat, has a poor outcome, but is, thankfully, rare,

Published
19 January 2004
By
Michael Carter
Sexually transmitted infections
HAART reduces HIV infectivity by over 60%, but increase in unsafe sex means stable HIV incidence

HAART has reduced the ability of HIV-positive gay men to transmit the virus by 60%, according to a study conducted by the University of California,

Published
16 January 2004
By
Michael Carter
Epidemiology
4% of HIV-positive Americans passed on HIV each year in 1990s, says study

In any given year in the 1990s, at least 95% of HIV-positive Americans did not pass on HIV, according to a US public health investigator

Published
07 January 2004
By
Michael Carter
Sexually transmitted infections epidemiology
Majority of syphilis cases in Lyon involve HIV-positive patients

The number of syphilis cases in the French city of Lyon increased 28-fold in 2002, with the majority of cases involving HIV-positive individuals, according to

Published
23 December 2003
By
Michael Carter
Sexually transmitted infections
Gay internet cruisers no more likely to have unprotected anal sex, says study, but other risks up

Gay men who use the internet to seek sex are no more likely to have unprotected anal sex, the main risk activity for HIV transmission,

Published
19 December 2003
By
Michael Carter
Sexually transmitted infections
Internet the most commonly used venue to cruise for sex by gay men with syphilis in SF

The most commonly used venue used by gay men diagnosed with syphilis in the San Francisco area in 2002 and 2003, to meet other gay

Published
19 December 2003
By
Michael Carter
Resistance
Different resistance patterns seen with subtype C HIV in Brazil

Treatment of people infected with HIV B and non-B subtypes in southern Brazil has shown that viral subtype influences likely resistance mutations, according to a

Published
11 December 2003
By
Megan Nicholson
Side-effects
HAART patients at greater risk of severe side-effects than AIDS

HIV-positive individuals who take HAART are more likely to experience a serious or life-threatening treatment side-effect than develop an AIDS-defining condition, according to a US

Published
02 December 2003
By
Michael Carter
Epidemiology
African-Americans, Latinos and gay men bear the brunt of new US HIV infections

HIV continued to spread in the US in 2002, according to figures released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in advance of

Published
27 November 2003
By
Michael Carter
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Community Consensus Statement on Access to HIV Treatment and its Use for Prevention

Together, we can make it happen

We can end HIV soon if people have equal access to HIV drugs as treatment and as PrEP, and have free choice over whether to take them.

Launched today, the Community Consensus Statement is a basic set of principles aimed at making sure that happens.

The Community Consensus Statement is a joint initiative of AVAC, EATG, MSMGF, GNP+, HIV i-Base, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, ITPC and NAM/aidsmap
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