HTB homepage • Conference reports • Articles by subject • Subscribe April 2010 Contents Editorial Volume 11 Number 3/4 March/April 2010 Special reports CROI 2010: non technical summary of 12 key areas of research Conference reports 17th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), 16-19 February 2010, San Francisco Treatment reduces infections by over 90%: a theme that is here to stay ACTG 5205: atazanavir/ritonavir vs efavirenz in treatment naive patients Pipeline compounds and new approaches to treatment Clinical benefits of stopping smoking: CVD and CHD risk returns to that of ‘previous smokerÂ’ in HIV-positive people within three years HIV increases the risk of lung cancer, independent of smoking status HIV positive people in the HOPS cohort have 4-fold risk of fracture compared to general population in the US Vitamin D deficiencies in HIV management OCTANE 2: nevirapine and lopinavir/r are similar when used with tenofovir and FTC in treatment-naive women HIV incidence and retesting in pregnancy Efavirenz use in pregnancy and birth outcomes Pregnancy outcomes in women using non-AZT HAART in Europe When should HAART be initiated in pregnancy to achieve an undetectable viral load? Pregnancy outcomes in infants exposed to maternal antiretrovirals in utero Maternal TB, HIV and pregnancy Antiretrovirals Non-refrigerated ritonavir tablet approved in Europe and the US FDA safety review of saquinavir (Invirase) and possible association with abnormal heart rhythms FDA updates US label for darunavir (Prezista) FDA safety announcement about ddI and non-cirrhotic portal hypertension FDA label change for lopinavir/r (Kaletra) FDA notice about drug interactions with etravirine (Intelence) Treatment access FDA approval of generic ARVs Waiting lists grow in the US South African antiretroviral treatment guidelines (2010) Tenofovir registered in Russia MSF criticise Abbott over new ritonavir formulation Pregnancy Infant feeding in the UK (2010): draft guidelines online for comment Guidelines BHIVA draft guidelines for the treatment of opportunistic infections (2010): online for comment Legal issues on HIV transmission and the law for healthcare workers: draft guidelines online for comment Basic science and immunology Early predictors of disease progression Sex and the single microbicide Baseline naive CD4 T cell numbers predict the immunological response to ART Has poor CD4 T cell reconstitution in the gut been exaggerated? On the web Journal articles PDFs Volume 11 Number 3/4 March/April2010 PDF CROI 2010: non-technical summary of 12 key areas of research PDF HTB homepage • Conference reports • Articles by subject • Subscribe
