References and further information
The following links are included as references for further information.
HIV training manual for advocates
A free online training course in nine chapters.
i-base.info/ttfa
Treatment guidelines
UK guidelines
The British HIV Association (BHIVA) has produced an extensive range of HIV guidelines.
www.bhiva.org
Other guidelines
Other guidelines including for Europe (EACS), the US (DHHS) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
www.who.int/hiv/pub/guidelines/en
Drug interactions
A comprehensive web site for interactions with HIV drugs is run by Liverpool University.
The same group run a similar site for interactions with hepatitis C drugs.
Selected research links
START study
This large study showed the benefits of ART even at very high CD4 counts.
i-base.info/start-study
PARTNER and PARTNER 2 studies
This study showed how effectively ART reduces HIV transmission.
No partners became HIV positive after almost 900 couples had sex 58,000 times without condoms, when VL was undetectable. PARTNER 2 included gay male couples having sex more than 76,000 times with no transmissions.
i-base.info/partner-study
Cure research
The International AIDS Society (IAS) publishes the Towards a Cure report.
www.iasociety.org/hivcure
Viral rebound after long-term ART
Single case of very early ART. After ten years HIV was only in 1 out of 1.7 billion CD4 cells. After stopping ART, viral load still rebounded.
Chun T-W et al. AIDS 2010. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e328340a239.
journals.lww.com/aidsonline/Abstract/2010/11270/Rebound_of_plasma_viremia_following_cessation_of.6.aspx?
No rebound after long-term ART
The people in the VISCONTI cohort started ART in early infection. When they stopped ART after several years, viral load did not rebound. This is not common. Sáez-Cirión A et al. PLOS Pathogens, 2013. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003211.s
www.plospathogens.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.ppat.1003211
Last updated: 1 January 2025.