PRINTABLE PAGE HIV/AIDS Prevalence on the Rise in Vietnam Originally published by Reuters Health, January 7, 2002 HANOI (Reuters Health) — While the rate of HIV infection has begun to drop in neighboring Cambodia, Vietnamese public health officials are warning…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Intensive Grief Counseling Can Reduce Viral Load Originally published in the Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, March 6, 2001 Intensive grief counseling “significantly” reduced HIV viral load, the amount of HIV in the bloodstream, in HIV+ gay men who…
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HIV Postexposure Prophylaxis in the 21st Century David K. Henderson, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USAEmerging Infectious Diseases 7(2), 2001 Abstract The administration of postexposure prophylaxis has become the standard of care for occupational exposures to HIV.…
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PRINTABLE PAGE S. Africa AIDS Groups Fear Effect of Nevirapine Move By Silvia AloisiOriginally published by Reuters, March 26, 2002 JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) — South African AIDS campaigners said on Tuesday they feared the government would use a decision by a…
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PRINTABLE PAGE HAART Response Similar in HIV-Infected European And African Patients Originally published by Reuters Health, June 3, 2002 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Patients infected with the subtypes of HIV-1 common in Africa respond initially to highly active antiretroviral…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Complex Anti-HIV Therapy Reduces Vertical Transmission Risk Originally published by Reuters Health, May 17, 2002 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — The longer and more complex the prenatal antiretroviral therapy, the more likely it is to prevent mother-to-child HIV-1…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Rifamycin Resistance Seen in AIDS Patients With TB Receiving Intermittent Therapy Originally published by Reuters Health, March 15, 2002 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — In a “Notice to Readers,” the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
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PRINTABLE PAGE South African Province Goes It Alone on AIDS Therapy Originally published by Reuters, July 18, 2002 CAPE TOWN, South Africa (Reuters) — One of South Africa’s nine provinces has by-passed the national government’s policy to launch a pilot…
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PRINTABLE PAGE War Fans the Flames of HIV in Africa Originally published by Reuters Health, July 9, 2002 BARCELONA (Reuters Health) — Wars and internal conflict are increasing the spread of HIV in Africa, where some 28 million of the…
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PRINTABLE PAGE HIV-Infected Girl in UK Legal Wrangle Is Taken into Court Custody Originally published by Reuters Health, May 9, 2002 LONDON (Reuters) — A 3-year-old girl whose father is blocking her treatment with conventional drugs for HIV/AIDS was made…