News related to Hivid (Zalcitabine) and/or conditions it is approved for
IDSA: Obesity Slows Immune Recovery in HIV Infection (CME/CE, with video)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease [2009.11.03]
PHILADELPHIA (MedPage Today) -- The immune systems of HIV patients who are obese don't respond to antiretroviral therapy as well as do those of people of normal weight, a researcher said here.
HIV Infections, Deaths Declining In Caribbean, Senior Official Says
Source: Sexual Health / STDs News From Medical News Today [2009.10.28]
Ahead of the regional Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) meeting, a senior official announced that the number of new HIV infections in the region has fallen since last year, Agence France-Presse reports.
New Epidemic Of Sexually Transmitted Hepatitis C Infection In HIV-infected Men In NYC
Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today [2009.10.31]
Researchers in New York City are reporting their work uncovering a new epidemic of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM) who have HIV infection. These authors have previously reported unusually rapid fibrosis progression due to new HCV in MSM who have HIV infection and now expand on their findings, demonstrating that sexual transmission rather than injection drug use is the route of infection.
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