17th Annual Conference of the British HIV Association (BHIVA), 6-8 April 2011, Bournemouth

1 May 2011. Related: Conference reports, Conference index, BHIVA 17th Bournmouth 2011.

This year the annual BHIVA meeting was held in Bournemouth and included important studies reported below.

The abstract book from the conference, published as a supplement to HIV Medicine is available to download free as a PDF file from the BHIVA website.

http://www.bhiva.org/ConferenceAbstracts.aspx

Reports in this issue include:

• Atazanavir in pregnancy: 155 cases in London clinics
• Co-morbidity and late presentation – findings from an over 50s cohort
• Health outcomes for young adults with perinatally acquired HIV infection following transfer to adult services
• The use of calcaneal stiffness index to screen for osteoporosis in HIV-infected individuals
• Frequency and characteristics of long-term non-progressors and HIV controllers in the Chelsea and Westminster cohort
• Cerebral function in perinatally HIV infected young people and HIV uninfected sibling controls
• An audit of HIV care provision for Immigration Removal Centre patients