Researchers have demonstrated HIV replication within resident immune cells of the testis, providing an explanation for the persistence of virus in semen even after effective highly active antiretroviral therapy. The related report by Roulet et al., “Susceptibility of human testis to human immunodeficiency virus-1 infection in situ and in vitro,” appears in the December issue of the American Journal of Pathology.
Robert Richardson II, an HIV positive man accused of knowingly exposing three women to the virus has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison. A Kansas judge Judge Stephen Six imposed the sentence after a jury found him guilty.
Lanzhou, the capital of Northwest China’s Gansu Province, has created a 100 per cent Condom Use Programme (CUP) for entertainment places in an effort to stop HIV/AIDS spreading from high-risk people to the general public through sexual contact.
The number of reported HIV/AIDS cases in China has grown by nearly 30 per cent this year, warning the virus seemed to be spreading from high-risk groups to the general public.
In the third quarter, 96 people – 81 men and 15 women – tested HIV positive, bringing the cumulative number of infections to 3,100, the Centre for Health Protection says.
Almost two million people with HIV live in Latin America and the Caribbean today, and the number of new infections in 2006 rose to 167,000, 12,000 more than in 2004, according to the new AIDS Epidemic Update, an annual report on the latest developments in the epidemic released today by UNAIDS/WHO. By the end of 2006, the total number of people with the virus was estimated to reach 1,950,000, 210,000 more than in 2004, the report said.
Pope Benedict XVI is greatly concerned by HIV pandemic and considering about use of condoms to fight against HIV / AIDS, Vatican sources confirms. The Vatican’s office for health care has concluded a study on the use of condoms in the fight against AIDS, and a long-awaited report on it is now being examined by the Vatican’s doctrinal watchdog, a senior cardinal said.
Some 2.9 million people have died this year from AIDS-related illnesses, and 4.3 more million were infected with HIV, according to the U.N.’s AIDS epidemic update report. The disease’s spread was most notable in East Asia, eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Chinese state media said that reported cases of HIV/AIDS increased upto 30 percent in 2006, compared to the year previous, with intravenous drug use the main source of infection. Of the reported cases, 40,667 have developed into AIDS, it said.
An estimated 40 million people are now living with HIV/AIDS and the global epidemic continues to grow, according to new figures published by UNAids and the World Health Organization.