Online journals

1 February 2014. Related: On the web.

Comparative efficacy of lamivudine and emtricitabine: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials

Nathan Ford et al. November 11, 2013DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079981

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0079981

This review of 12 randomised studies in 2251 patients concluded that from the perspective of treatment guidelines, 3TC and FTC are clinically equivalent, although this included limited data on drug resistance and excluded studies where baseline viral load was >100,000 copies/mL.

Antiretroviral treatment French guidelines 2013: economics influencing science

Raffi F and Reynes J. J. Antimicrob. Chemother. (2014) doi: 10.1093/jac/dkt533 First published online: January 16, 2014.

http://jac.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2014/01/16/jac.dkt533.full.pdf+html