TMC125 (etravirine, ETR), Tibotec’s investigational next-generation non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI), demonstrated significant efficacy in patients with NNRTI resistance, according to the 24-week primary endpoint analysis from two ongoing, phase III studies published in the 7 July, 2007, issue of The Lancet.
New more accurate 2006 estimates indicate that HIV affects approximately 2.5 million people in India, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) said today, hailing progress in dealing with the epidemic while warning against complacency.
A pioneering collaborative study has discovered how the HIV virus evades the human body?s immune system.
There are many effective, albeit expensive, intervention programs aimed at encouraging HIV-positive people to practice less risky behavior. But a new UCLA AIDS Institute study has found that self-monitoring by these patients is not only an effective strategy but is inexpensive and easy to implement as well.
A new study by the United Nations refugee agency disputes assumptions that violence and rape propel the HIV epidemic in conflict areas, with those forced to flee having a high prevalence of the virus.
A senior official from the United Nations Children?s Fund (UNICEF) currently in Iran has called for maximum efforts to prevent HIV and AIDS from becoming a general epidemic in the country.
A growing number of drug-resistant strains of HIV are a threat to the effectiveness of current treatments despite anti-HIV drug cocktails decreasing the number of HIV-related deaths and improving the quality of life for HIV patients.
A brief skill-building program on practices to reduce exposure to sexually transmitted disease (STD) and HIV improved the self-reported protective behaviors of inner-city black women for up to one year and actually decreased their risk of acquiring an STD, according to a study appearing in the June 2007 issue of the American Journal of Public Health.
In this week’s PLoS Medicine, Nathan Ford and colleagues from the humanitarian agency M?decins Sans Fronti?res (MSF; Doctors Without Borders) describe their experience of providing HIV prevention and treatment in two prisons in Thailand.
The findings of a South Africa survey show evidence of a decline in HIV prevalence in South Africa after several years of relative stability, reported by Department of Health, South Africa.